New Zealand public servant and educationalist (1929–2013)
Bill Renwick
CBE
Born
William Leslie Renwick
(1929-01-08)8 January 1929
Auckland, New Zealand
Died
29 June 2013(2013-06-29) (aged 84)
Wellington, New Zealand
Occupation
Educationalist
Known for
The development of the education system in New Zealand
William Leslie RenwickCBE (8 January 1929 – 29 June 2013) was a New Zealand educationalist. He was educated in Northland and Auckland before training as a teacher at Auckland Teachers' Training College. After working as a teacher and gaining a BA from Victoria University of Wellington, he was appointed as a researcher to the Commission on Education. After a number of school inspector positions within the Department of Education, he was appointed Director-General of Education in 1975. Retiring from the department in 1988, he took up a research position at the Stout Research Centre in Wellington. He performed background research on Treaty of Waitangi claims, and wrote an extensive review for the University of Waikato on their handling of complaints against a doctoral student. He had a variety of committee and board roles in New Zealand and overseas, including as a council member of the University of the South Pacific, a member of the OECD Education Committee, chair of the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO, a member of the governance board for the Commonwealth of Learning, and as a member of the QEII Arts Council and the advisory committee of the historical branch of the Department of Internal Affairs.
Renwick helped found Toi Whakaari, the National Drama School, and the National Dance School, as well the New Zealand Youth Choir. He published many papers, and a biography on Colin Scrimgeour, whose radio programme had sparked his love of singing.
He received a Distinguished Visitor Award from Monbu-shō, the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture in Japan, a Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship, and the Mackie Medal from the Australia and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science. He gave the 1987 John Beaglehole Memorial Lecture and the inaugural Peter Freyberg Memorial Lecture. In the 1988 New Year Honours, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). Deakin University recognised Renwick's contributions to Australian education with an honorary LittD degree.
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