Pem Bird

Pembroke Peraniko "Pem" Bird MNZM QSM is a New Zealand educator and Māori community leader. From 2010 to 2013, he was President of the Māori Party.[1][2][3]

Bird in 2017

In the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours, Bird was awarded the Queen's Service Medal, for services to education.[4] In the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to education and Māori.[5]

References
  1. Trevett, Claire (3 July 2013). "Murupara's Pem Bird to step down from Maori Party". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. Nightingale, Melissa (4 June 2017). "Educator Pem Bird humbled to be considered worthy". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  3. Nightingale, Melissa (13 June 2017). "Queen's Birthday honours recipient Pem Bird apologises for 'foolish' driving at 169km/h". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  4. "Queen's Birthday honours list 2008". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  5. "Queen's Birthday Honours 2017 - Citations for members of the New Zealand Order of Merit". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. New Zealand Government. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
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