Nov 22, 2021
Bali Haque
Education- Gender Issues

Bali has been principal of Tamatea High School in Napier, Rosehill College in Papakura and Pakuranga College in Auckland. He was also principal of the National College of the Cook Islands.

He was on the national executive of the Post Primary Teachers Association and was also President of the Secondary Principals Association of New Zealand.

He was Deputy Chief Executive of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority(NZQA) from 2006 to 2011,during which time he led major NCEA reforms, and worked internationally with the Qualifications authorities of Ireland, India and Thailand. 

Over the past two years, he has led an independent Minister of Education-appointed taskforce to review the governance, management and administration of the New Zealand compulsory schooling system. 

Mr Haque is a member of the Board of Ako Mātātupu/Teach First New Zealand, which is focused on addressing inequities in the education system, especially those facing Māori and Pacific communities. 

He is a Board member of the Toi Foundation (formerly the TSB Community Trust). 

Bali has written two books ‘Changing our Secondary Schools’ and ‘New Zealand Secondary Schools and Your Child: A guide for parents’.