Council Award Citation - Margaret Kouvelis – Honorary Fellow

Council Award Citation - Margaret Kouvelis – Honorary Fellow
Margaret Kouvelis is the Mayor of the Manawatu District.
She was the first Chief Executive of the New Zealand Teachers Council, and has been an
advisor to secondary schools and to the Teacher Registration Board. She has also worked as
an education consultant in the Middle East, a scientist, a biology teacher, the head of art at
Alexandra’s Dunstan High School and the head of music at Freyberg High School.
Margaret holds degrees in science and a diploma in music, and has a passion for education
and touching young people’s lives which spreads wider out into the community.
She is committed to securing further economic development, creating jobs, and attracting
and retaining youth in the District while protecting the community’s social well-being.
Ms Kouvelis’s contribution to UCOL has been as a regular attendee at graduation where she
has also been a speaker.
Her long-term passion for education and youth wellbeing is of benefit to UCOL students and
her objectives regarding youth and the community are shared by UCOL staff.
The Honorary Fellow is UCOL’s highest Honour and recognises one or more of the following:
1. An outstanding and distinguished contribution to the life and work of UCOL or;
2. An outstanding and distinguished contribution to the communities of which UCOL is a
part;
3. An outstanding and distinguished contribution to society in general.