social media platforms, and supports the Christchurch Call. Cannabis reform During the 2020 New Zealand cannabis referendum, Clark publicly supported the "Yes" vote campaign to decriminalise recreational cannabis, arguing that prohibition did not work. She also featured in the "We Do" campaign supporting the proposed "Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill." Awards and honours In 1986, Clark was awarded the annual Peace Prize of the Danish Peace Foundation for her work in promoting peace and nuclear disarmament. In 1990, Clark received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. In 1993, Clark was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal. In 2002, she was presented with the Nuclear-Free Future Award, for "installing New Zealand at the forefront of the world political movement to rid the earth of nuclear weapons". In 2005, the government of the Solomon Islands awarded Clark (with John Howard) the Star of the Solomon Islands in recognition of New Zealand's role in restoring law and order in the Solomon Islands. This award allows her to use the post-nominal letters "SSI". In January 2008, Clark won the United Nations Environment Programme Champions of the Earth award in recognition of the government's promotion of sustainability initiatives. In April 2009, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Auckland, her alma mater. In the 2010 New Year Honours, Clark was appointed a Member of the Order of New Zealand, New Zealand's highest honour, for services to New Zealand. She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2013. In September 2017, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the New Zealand Women of Influence Awards In December 2017, she was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun. Patronage Clark is the patron for The Helen Clark Foundation. Clark is an Honorary Member of The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation. She was the patron of the New Zealand Rugby League between 2002 and 2011, and has served as the patron of the Mount Albert Lions rugby league club for over 20 years. In popular culture In 1996, Clark guest starred as herself in popular New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street. A satirical book, later adapted as a play, titled On the Conditions and Possibilities of Helen Clark Taking Me as Her Young Lover, by Richard Meros, was published by Lawrence and Gibson in 2005. Clark has also guest-starred on bro'Town, the New Zealand animated