Dame Helen Winkelmann and Mrs Sarah Brown, of Christchurch, MNZM for services to mental health and the prevention of family violence
Sarah Brown has contributed to mental health and family violence services for men alongside her husband, Mataio Brown. She co-founded She Is Not Your Rehab, whose mission is to impact the culture around abusive relationships, domestic violence and unhealthy ideals of masculinity, and co-wrote the bestselling book of the same name. Funds were raised to gift 9,350 copies of the book to all prisoners nationally through the Department of Corrections. Mr and Mrs Brown have partnered with the Ministry of Social Development and Aviva as ambassadors for the ‘It’s Not OK Campaign’. They are ambassadors for the Griffith University Domestic Violence Research Department in Australia.