Cynthia Ward was awarded the "Flora Cameron Award for Excellence in Practice" A Special Nationwide Centennial Award for 2009
The Flora Cameron Award for Excellence in Practice was set up as a memorial to Miss Flora Cameron who died in January 1966. The New Zealand Nurses Organisation, approached its centenary in November 2009 and they had a special nationwide Centennial Award 'The Flora Cameron Award for Excellence in Practice' for which Cynthia was nominated and won.

