Ms Stacey Shortall, of Wellington, MNZM, for services to the law and the community
Stacey Shortall started her legal career in Wellington before working for Paul Weiss in New York, providing pro bono services in women’s prisons. She provided research assistance to the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal of Rwanda on genocide as a war crime and assisted with village outreach programs intended to free exploited girls in Ghana. She founded the WHO DID YOU HELP TODAY social movement and charitable trust. She developed the Mothers Project, a programme in women’s prisons to help mothers maintain meaningful relationships with their children. Ms Shortall developed the Homework Club to assist children in low-decile primary schools and Helptank, enabling community causes to access skilled volunteers.