Hon Margaret Wilson

Hon Margaret Wilson, of Tauranga, received the Insignia of a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit at an investiture ceremony on 2 April 2009 for services as a Member of Parliament and as Speaker of the House of Representatives.  Ms Wilson was a List MP and served as Speaker and chairperson of the Parliamentary Service Commission.  She was Attorney-General, the Minister in Charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, and the Minister of Labour.  She was also the Minister Responsible for the Law Commission, the Minister for Courts, the Minister of Commerce, and the Minister for Building Issues.  Ms Wilson was the founding editor of the New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations, a member of the Advisory Committee to establish the Ministry of Women's Affairs, a director of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, a Law Commissioner, and the foundation dean and a professor of law at the University of Waikato.