 The same year, she received an award for Most Outstanding Contributor to Over 50s Housing at the Over 50s Housing Awards in London, England.She also received two of the seven Women in Governance Awards in 2013, for Gender Diversity in Leadership and Excellence in Leadership, from the organisation Women on Boards.In the 2014 Queen’s Birthday Honours, Barlow was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to business.