Personal Awards

    * Queens Honour, Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, MNZM, 2016

    * New Zealand Woman of the Year - NEXT Magazine, 2016

    * New Zealander of the Year Award - Local Hero, 2015

    * Rotary International Paul Harris Award, 2014

    * Outstanding Community Service Award, 2013

Feature Documentary Film Awards

     * Winner - Audience Award, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, USA.

    * Winner - The Youth Jury Award, Filmkunstmesse Leipzig Film Festival,         Germany

    * Winner - Best Feature Film, Chargrin International Film Festival, USA.

    * Winner - Audience Award, Two Riversides International Film Festival,         Poland.

      * Winner - Audience Award, FIFO International Documentary Film Festival,         Tahiti.

    * Winner - Best Feature Documentary Film, New Zealand Film Festival.

    * Runner-Up Winner - Audience Award in International Film Festivals in the         Netherlands, Czech Republic and Greece.

    * Official Selection at International Film Festival Screenings in Amsterdam,         Stockholm, Santa Barbara, Boulder, Cleveland, Martha's Vineyard,         Poland, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Israel, Norway, Ukraine,         Turkey, Poland, Sweden, South Korea, Canada, USA, Latvia,         Germany, Indonesia, Finland, Scotland, Albania, Romania, Slovakia,         Italy, London, New Caledonia, Ohio, Singapore, San Francisco, Toronto         and Tokyo.