Dame Susan Glazebrook and Dame Carolyn Henwood, of Wellington, DNZM for services to the State, youth and the arts
Dame Carolyn Henwood established the Henwood Trust in 2004 with the support of the Tindall Foundation and chairs the Trust, which is focused on delivering effective strategies for young offenders. The Henwood Trust has published ‘NZ Gift to the World’, the ‘Family Group Conference’ and ‘A Covenant for our Nation’s Children’. In 2006 Judge Henwood was appointed as special advisor for the implementation of the Te Hurihanga Youth Justice Programme, aimed at preventing youth re-offending. She has been involved with youth justice issues internationally and has convened and presented at international conferences. She was Chair of the Confidential Listening and Assistance Service from 2008 to 2015. She chaired a panel in 2016 that made recommendations to the government based off testimonies of one thousand survivors of abuse in State care. She has held acting warrant positions as a District Court Judge and Convenor for the New Zealand Parole Board. She is a member of the International Women’s Judges Association. She was Deputy Chair of Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School and Chair of the Queen Margaret College Foundation. She is a Distinguished Alumni at Victoria University of Wellington and tutors at the College of Law. Dame Carolyn is founding member of Circa Theatre and a foundation Trustee of the Theatre Artists Charitable Trust.