Ms Sue Chetwin, of Wellington, CNZM, for services to consumer rights
Sue Chetwin was Chief Executive of Consumer New Zealand from 2007 to 2020. She began her career in journalism, serving as editor of the Sunday News, Sunday Star-Times and Herald on Sunday.
With Consumer New Zealand, she campaigned for consumer law reforms including prohibitions on unfair contract terms, fairness in consumer credit contracts, country of origin labelling, and controlling door knockers.
She has led other successful campaigns and advocated for consumers at Parliamentary committees and other public arenas. Ms Chetwin is a Board member of the Financial Markets Authority and Food Standards Australia New Zealand, a member of a Law Society Steering Group for the review of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006, and Chair of the InternetNZ Policy Review Advisory Panel, reviewing the ‘.nz’ domain name space.