Joanna Edwards MNZM (born 5 February 1970) is a New Zealand international lawn bowls competitor.
At the 2002 Commonwealth Games she won a gold medal along with Sharon Sims in the women's pairs event.
[1] She has twice won the gold medal at the World Outdoor Bowls Championships in the pairs events: in 2004 with Sharon Sims;[2] and in 2008 with Val Smith.
[5] In addition to World Bowls and Commonwealth Games success she has won five gold medals and (nine medals in total) at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships[6] and excelled at the 2015 APL (Australian Premier League), she was the only woman competing in the eight-team tournament featuring 24 of the world's top players and played alongside her countrymen Ali Forsyth and Shannon McIlroy to win the title at Club Pine Rivers.
[8] In the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours, Edwards was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to lawn bowls.