Māori research and education. He is the first Māori to be awarded the medal. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2018. In the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours, Macfarlane was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to education, psychology and Māori. Personal life Macfarlane's wife Sonja Macfarlane is an associate professor at the University of Canterbury. Selected works Macfarlane A. (2004) Kia hiwa rā! Listen to culture: Māori students' plea to educators. Wellington: NZCER Press. Macfarlane AH. (2007) Discipline, Democracy and Diversity: working with students with behaviour difficulties. Wellington: NZCER Press. 204pp. Macfarlane A., Christensen J. and Mataiti H. (2010) Above the clouds: A Collection of readings for identifying and nurturing Māori students of promise = Ka rewa ake ki ngā kapua. Christchurch: Te Waipounamu Focus Group, University of Canterbury. 231pp. Margrain V. and Macfarlane A. (2011) Responsive pedagogy: Engaging restoratively with challenging behaviour. Wellington: NZCER Press. 273pp. Macfarlane A, Macfarlane S, Teirney S, Kuntz JR, Rarere-Briggs B, Currie M, and Macfarlane R. (2019) The Hikairo Schema: Culturally responsive teaching and learning in early childhood education settings Wellington: NZCER Press. 32pp. References Further reading Pere, R. (1994). Ako: concepts and learning the Maori tradition. Wellington: Expo http://www.maramatanga.ac.nz/person/professor-angus-macfarlane https://web.archive.org/web/20140401131634/http://www.education.canterbury.ac.nz/teachereducation/people/macfarlane.shtml External links University of Canterbury staff and research profile web pages Living people New Zealand Māori schoolteachers New Zealand schoolteachers New Zealand people of Scottish descent People from Rotorua University of Otago alumni New Zealand Māori academics Ngāti Whakaue people Year of birth missing (living people) Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit