Dame Cindy and Ms Susan Elliott, of Auckland, ONZM for services to human rights advocacy, particularly refugees
Susan Elliott was a member of the action group who in the mid-1980s worked to establish the first mental health service for people from refugee backgrounds. She was a founding member of the Auckland Refugee Council, now the Asylum Seekers Support Trust, the Human Rights Foundation of Aotearoa-New Zealand and the Auckland Refugee Family Trust. She has been a Trustee of the Development Resource Centre/DevZone and ECPAT/Child Alert for the protection of children from sexual exploitation. She has been a consultant and advisor for numerous international development NGOs. Within New Zealand she has worked with NGOs focusing on refugees, women’s refuge, youth, health and employment. Ms Elliott has advocated for the voices of former refugees to be included in policy and constitutional processes