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Whakaotirangi

Pre-1400 experimental gardener

Martha King

Botanical artist (1802/1803−1897)
  • Botanical artist (1802/1803−1897)

Bella MacCullum

Botanist and mycologist (1885-1927)
  • Botanist and mycologist (1885-1927)

Patricia Bergquist

Marine biologist (1933-2009)
  • Marine biologist (1933-2009)

Kahupeka

Pre-1500 discoverer of medicines
  • Pre-1500 discoverer of medicines

Georgina Hetley

Botanical artist (1832-1898)
  • Botanical artist (1832-1898)

Phoebe Myers

Teacher (1866-1947)
  • Teacher (1866-1947)

Joan Dingley

Mycologist (1916-2008)
  • Mycologist (1916-2008)

1867−1917

Women contributing knowledge from 1867 to 1917
  • Women contributing knowledge from 1867 to 1917

Sarah Featon

Botanical artist (1848-1927)
  • Botanical artist (1848-1927)

Pamela Young

First New Zealand woman to work in Antarctica
  • First New Zealand woman to work in Antarctica

Winifred Boys-Smith

University Professor (1865-1939)
  • University Professor (1865-1939)

1918−1967

Women contributing knowledge from 1918 to 1967
  • Women contributing knowledge from 1918 to 1967

Emily Harris

Botanical artist (1836/37-1925)
  • Botanical artist (1836/37-1925)

Helen Rawson

Professor of Home Science (1886-1964)
  • Professor of Home Science (1886-1964)

Rosemary Askin

Antarctic geologist (1949-)
  • Antarctic geologist (1949-)

1968 to the present time

Women contributing knowledge from 1968 to the present time
  • Women contributing knowledge from 1968 to the present time

Ann Chapman

Freshwater scientist (1937-2009)
  • Freshwater scientist (1937-2009)

Miss Hirst

Astronomical observer, dates of birth and death unknown
  • Astronomical observer, dates of birth and death unknown

Kate Edgerley

Botanist and teacher (1887-1939)
  • Botanist and teacher (1887-1939)

Amy Castle

Entomologist (1880-1971)
  • Entomologist (1880-1971)

Averil Lysaght

Biologist (1905-1981)
  • Biologist (1905-1981)

Emma Cheeseman

Painter and taxidermist (1846-1927/28)
  • Painter and taxidermist (1846-1927/28)

Kate Edger

New Zealand's first female university graduate (1857-1935)
  • New Zealand's first female university graduate (1857-1935)

Avice Hill

Entomologist, herb grower (1906-2001)
  • Entomologist, herb grower (1906-2001)

Joan Wiffen

Fossil hunter (1922-2009)
  • Fossil hunter (1922-2009)

Helen Connon

Teacher (1859/60-1903)
  • Teacher (1859/60-1903)

Lydia Suckling

Botanist
  • Botanist

Margaret Bradshaw

Geologist
  • Geologist

Caroline Freeman

Teacher (1855/56-1914)
  • Teacher (1855/56-1914)

Mary Sutherland

Forester and botanist (1893-1955)
  • Forester and botanist (1893-1955)

Audrey Eagle

Botanical painter (1925-)
  • Botanical painter (1925-)

Catherine Alexander

First known woman to publish a paper in the Royal Society Te Apārangi's Trans...
  • First known woman to publish a paper in the Royal Society Te Apārangi's Transactions (1862-1928)

Marjorie Mestayer

Conchologist (1880-1955)
  • Conchologist (1880-1955)

Joan Mattingley

Clinical Chemist (1926-2015)
  • Clinical Chemist (1926-2015)

Kathleen Curtis

Mycologist and elected first female Fellow of the Society in 1936
(1892−1994)
  • Mycologist and elected first female Fellow of the Society in 1936
    (1892−1994)

Katherine Browning

Teacher (1864-1946)
  • Teacher (1864-1946)

Dame Joan Metge

Anthropologist (1930-)
  • Anthropologist (1930-)

Josephine Rich

Zoologist (1866-1940)
  • Zoologist (1866-1940)

Marie Taylor

Botanist (1930-1999)
  • Botanist (1930-1999)

Agnes Blackie

Physics lecturer (1897-1975)
  • Physics lecturer (1897-1975)

Mary Aldis

Scientific author (1840?-1897)
  • Scientific author (1840?-1897)

Joan Robb

Zoologist (1921?-2017)
  • Zoologist (1921?-2017)

Winifred Betts

Botany lecturer (1894-1971)
  • Botany lecturer (1894-1971)

Emily Siedeberg

Doctor (1873-1968)
  • Doctor (1873-1968)

Flora Murray

Botanist (1897?-?)
  • Botanist (1897?-?)

Philippa Wiggins

Physical Chemist (1925-2017)
  • Physical Chemist (1925-2017)

Margaret Cruickshank

Doctor (1873-1918)
  • Doctor (1873-1918)

Vida Stout

Limnographer (1930-2012)
  • Limnographer (1930-2012)

Jean Struthers

Botanist and teacher (1899-2002)
  • Botanist and teacher (1899-2002)

Pérrine Moncrieff

Ornithologist (1893-1979)
  • Ornithologist (1893-1979)

Janet Bradford-Grieve

Marine biologist (1940-)
  • Marine biologist (1940-)

Alice Woodward Horsley

Doctor (1871-1957)
  • Doctor (1871-1957)

Constance Frost

Doctor, bacteriologist, pathologist (1862-1920)
  • Doctor, bacteriologist, pathologist (1862-1920)

Muriel Bell

Nutritionist and medical researcher (1898-1974)
  • Nutritionist and medical researcher (1898-1974)

Carolyn Burns

Zoologist (1942-)
  • Zoologist (1942-)

Elsie Low

Teacher and botanist (1875-1909)
  • Teacher and botanist (1875-1909)

Marguerite Crookes

Botanist (1898-1991)
  • Botanist (1898-1991)

Pat Langhorne

Sea ice researcher (1955-)
  • Sea ice researcher (1955-)

Makereti Papakura

Ethnographer (1873-1930)
  • Ethnographer (1873-1930)

Marie Clay

Educationalist (1926–2007)
  • Educationalist (1926–2007)

Elizabeth Herriott

Botanist (1882-1936)
  • Botanist (1882-1936)

Ellen Blackwell

Botanist (1864-1952)
  • Botanist (1864-1952)

Evelyn Stokes

Geographer (1936-2005)
  • Geographer (1936-2005)

Bessie Te Wenerau Grace

First Māori woman university graduate, educator (1889-1944)
  • First Māori woman university graduate, educator (1889-1944)

Rangimārie Hetet

Rangimārie Hetet (1892-1995)
Master Weaver
  • Rangimārie Hetet (1892-1995)
    Master Weaver

Philippa Black

Geologist
  • Geologist

Eliza Amy Hodgson

Botanist (1888-1983)
  • Botanist (1888-1983)

Anne Smith

Children’s rights researcher (1940-2016)
  • Children’s rights researcher (1940-2016)

Elsa Kidson

Soil scientist (1905-1979)
  • Soil scientist (1905-1979)

Janet Davidson

Archaeologist (1941-)
  • Archaeologist (1941-)

Jane Ritchie

Psychologist (1936-)
  • Psychologist (1936-)

Mimie Wood

Administrator (1888-1979)
  • Administrator (1888-1979)

Thelma Kent

Photographer (1899-1946)
  • Photographer (1899-1946)

Judith Binney

Historian (1940–2011)
  • Historian (1940–2011)

Ella Orr Campbell

Botanist (1910-2003)
  • Botanist (1910-2003)

Jane Soons

Geographer (1931-)
  • Geographer (1931-)

Ruth Mason

Botanist (1913-1990)
  • Botanist (1913-1990)

Aroha Yates-Smith

Social scientist
  • Social scientist

Helen Dalrymple

Teacher and amateur botanist (1883-1943)
  • Teacher and amateur botanist (1883-1943)

Cather Simpson

Chemist and physicist
  • Chemist and physicist

Judith Kinnear

Geneticist (1939 - )
  • Geneticist (1939 - )

Joyce Watson

Chemist (1925-2015)
  • Chemist (1925-2015)

Nancy Adams

Botanist and botanical illustrator (1926-2007)
  • Botanist and botanical illustrator (1926-2007)

Kāterina Mataira

Māori language proponent and educator (1932-2011)
  • Māori language proponent and educator (1932-2011)

Elizabeth Flint

Freshwater algae scientist (1909-2011)
  • Freshwater algae scientist (1909-2011)

Diana Lennon

Paediatrician scientist
  • Paediatrician scientist

Elizabeth Alexander

Geologist and physicist (1908-1958)
  • Geologist and physicist (1908-1958)

Philippa Howden-Chapman

Social Scientist
  • Social Scientist

Liz Slooten

Zoologist
  • Zoologist

Beryl Brewin

Zoologist (1910-1999?)
  • Zoologist (1910-1999?)

Mira Szászy

First Māori Auckland University Graduate (1921-2001)
  • First Māori Auckland University Graduate (1921-2001)

Margaret Tennant

Historian
  • Historian

Vivienne Cooper

Planktologist and botanist (1926-)
  • Planktologist and botanist (1926-)

Wendy Larner

Social Scientist
  • Social Scientist

Brenda Shore

Botanist (1922-1993)
  • Botanist (1922-1993)

Margaret Brimble

Chemist (1961-)
  • Chemist (1961-)

Betty Batham

Marine biologist (1917-1974)
  • Marine biologist (1917-1974)

Christine Winterbourn

Pathologist
  • Pathologist

Rosa Olga Sansom

Museum director (1900-1989)
  • Museum director (1900-1989)

Colleen Ward

Psychologist
  • Psychologist

Rina Moore

Psychiatrist (1923-1975)
  • Psychiatrist (1923-1975)

Linda Tuhiwai Smith

Social Scientist
  • Social Scientist

Edith Farkas

Meteorologist (1921-1993)
  • Meteorologist (1921-1993)

Janet Holmes

Sociolinguist (1947-)
  • Sociolinguist (1947-)

Lucy Moore

Botanist (1906-1987)
  • Botanist (1906-1987)

Anne Salmond

Anthropologist (1945-)
  • Anthropologist (1945-)

Lucy Cranwell

Botanist (1907-2000)
  • Botanist (1907-2000)

Lydia Wevers

Literary historian
  • Literary historian

Paddy Bassett

Agricultural scientist
  • Agricultural scientist

Lisa Matisoo-Smith

Biological anthropologist
  • Biological anthropologist

Marion Fyfe

Zoologist (1897-1986)
  • Zoologist (1897-1986)

Alison Jones

Sociologist
  • Sociologist

Marion Robinson

Biochemist (1923–2003)
  • Biochemist (1923–2003)

Margaret Mutu

Activist and academic
  • Activist and academic

Elizabeth Edgar

Plant taxonomist (1929-2019)
  • Plant taxonomist (1929-2019)

Margaret Hyland

Chemical Materials Engineer
  • Chemical Materials Engineer

Jancie Lord

Botanist
  • Botanist

Barbara Heslop

Immunologist (1925-2013)
  • Immunologist (1925-2013)

Beatrice Tinsley

Astronomer (1941-1981)
  • Astronomer (1941-1981)

Ruth Fitzgerald

Medical Anthropologist
  • Medical Anthropologist

Alva Challis

Geologist (1930-2010)
  • Geologist (1930-2010)

Wendy Nelson

Marine botanist (1954-)
  • Marine botanist (1954-)

Ann Wylie

Botanist (1922-)
  • Botanist (1922-)

Jane Harding

Neonatologist (1955-)
  • Neonatologist (1955-)

Sheila Natusch

Author and illustrator (1926-2017)
  • Author and illustrator (1926-2017)

Merryn Tawhai

Bioengineer
  • Bioengineer

Caroline Saunders

Economist
  • Economist

Greta Stevenson

Mycologist (1911-1990)
  • Mycologist (1911-1990)

Hope Sanderson

Geologist (1925-2016)
  • Geologist (1925-2016)

Harlene Hayne

Psychologist
  • Psychologist

Viviane Robinson

Psychologist
  • Psychologist

Ngāpare Hopa

First Māori woman to gain a PhD (1935-)
  • First Māori woman to gain a PhD (1935-)

Roka Paora

Māori language expert (1925-2011)
  • Māori language expert (1925-2011)

Sally Brooker

Chemist
  • Chemist

Ngahuia te Awekotuku

Academic
  • Academic

Betty Bernadelli

Psychologist
  • Psychologist

Tracey McIntosh

Sociologist
  • Sociologist

Kim Pickering

Engineer
  • Engineer

Hinke Osinga

Mathematician
  • Mathematician

Jennifer Hay

Linguist
  • Linguist

Siouxsie Wiles

Microbiologist
  • Microbiologist

Innes Asher

Professor and Respiratory Paediatrician
  • Professor and Respiratory Paediatrician

Michelle Dickinson

Engineer
  • Engineer

Kathleen Campbell

Geologist
  • Geologist

Martha Savage

Seismologist
  • Seismologist

Jacinta Ruru

Law Professor
  • Law Professor

Alison Downard

Chemist
  • Chemist

Aroha Harris

Historian and writer
  • Historian and writer

Juliet Gerrard

Biochemist
  • Biochemist

Suzanne Pitama

Psychologist
  • Psychologist

Jan Anderson

Plant biologist (1932-2015)
  • Plant biologist (1932-2015)

Jean Thompson

Mathematician (1940-)
  • Mathematician (1940-)

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