In 2024 Morris was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to nursing.

[1] In 2014 Morris became a founding member of the Jim Carney Cancer Treatment Centre in Whangārei, which enabled local treatment so cancer patients could avoid travel to Auckland.

[3] Morris has held voluntary roles in a number of organisations, including Northland Hospice Society, the Breast Cancer Support Service, the National Association for Loss and Grief, and Blind Low Vision New Zealand, and as Chair of the Child Cancer Foundation.

[2] Morris retired in June 2023, although due to staff shortages she continued working until the end of the year.

[3] In the 2024 King's Birthday Honours Morris was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to nursing.