Ms Lynda Hagen, ONZM, of Wellington, for services to law and the community
Lynda Hagen is Executive Director of the New Zealand Law Foundation (NZLF).
She encouraged innovative projects which created and built legal research capability in New Zealand.
The NZLF has encouraged legal researchers to collaborate on projects with colleagues at other institutions.
Under her guidance, the NZLF took on several projects of concern, including the Juries Project and the Human Genome Project, which established New Zealand at the forefront of the international legal research community.
She established the International Research Fellowship, which enabled practitioners and academics to focus on research projects.
She led the foundation through the Information Law and Policy project, which led to upskilling of New Zealand lawyers and policymakers.
Ms Hagen was Chair of the Wellington Girls College Board and Secretary-General of the New Zealand Handball Federation.