The New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī, at Victoria University of Wellington (NZSM), is located in Wellington, New Zealand. NZSM provides a tertiary teaching faculty with programmes in Classical Performance, Jazz Performance, Music Studies, Composition and Sonic Arts. It also provides the only postgraduate degree course in Music therapy available in the country.
The World Federation of Music Therapy (WFMT) is an international, non-profit music therapy corporation, headquartered in North Carolina in the USA. It aims to promote global awareness of both the scientific and artistic nature of the profession and advocates for the recognition of music therapy as an evidence-based profession.
Rawinia Ruth Higgins is a New Zealand academic whose research focuses on Māori language and culture. In 2025 Higgins was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori language, education and governance.
Frances Moran Rutherford was an artist, an occupational therapist and educator who was instrumental in gaining recognition for occupational therapy in New Zealand.
Louise Wallace is a New Zealand poet.
Hinemoa Elder is a New Zealand youth forensic psychiatrist and former television presenter. She is a professor in indigenous research at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, and sits on the Māori Advisory Committee of the Centre for Brain Research.
Aroha Gaylene Harris is a Māori academic. As of 2020, Harris is an associate professor at the University of Auckland, specialising in Māori histories of policy and community development. She is also a member of the Waitangi Tribunal.
Morva Olwyn Croxson is a New Zealand music therapist. She was the first woman to serve as chancellor of Massey University.
Patricia Elizabeth Florence Bradbury is a New Zealand academic, who retired as a full professor at Massey University, specialising in sport management, in December 2023. In 2024, she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to sport and education.
Shirley Jean Jülich is a New Zealand social work academic, and is an associate professor at Massey University, specialising in restorative justice for sexual abuse. In 2023 Jülich was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to restorative justice and survivors of sexual abuse.
Catherine Mary Andrew is a New Zealand nurse and nursing academic, and is an associate professor at the University of Canterbury. In 2023 Andrew was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to nursing education.
Evelyn Imelda Coxon is a New Zealand education academic, and an expert in Pacific education. In 2021, Coxon was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Pacific and tertiary education.
Megan Faye Tamati-Quennell is a New Zealand curator. In 2024 Tamati-Quennell was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori and First Nations art.
Kathleen Joy Walker is a New Zealand conservation scientist and an expert on New Zealand snails. In 2023 Walker was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to wildlife conservation.
Prudence Helen Williams is a New Zealand soil scientist, and public servant. She is a senior manager in the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, and serves on the board of the Global Research Council. She was awarded a Public Service Medal, and was elected a Companion of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2023.
Ephra Mary Garrett was a New Zealand social work and women's studies academic. She was the first Māori woman to be appointed as faculty at Massey University. Garrett was awarded an honorary doctorate by Massey in 1993, and in the 1997 New Years Honours she was awarded a Queen's Service Medal.
Louise Gladys Rummel is a New Zealand nurse and nursing educator. She has taught at Manukau Institute of Technology for forty years. Rummel was made an honorary member of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation in 2004. In 2024 she was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to nursing education.
Margaret Alison Nielsen was a New Zealand pianist, music teacher and academic. In 2005 she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to music.
Jane Mary "Molly" Atkinson was a New Zealand singer and singing teacher. She was one of the first professional full-time classical singers in New Zealand. In 1996, she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to music.
Ridvan Tupai-Firestone is a Samoan–New Zealand academic, and is from January 2025 is a full professor in the Centre for Public Health Research at Massey University. Tupai-Firestone works on social and cultural health inequalities.
