Medals and Awards News

2016 Pickering Medal: new technology that mimics nature

Associate Professor Iain Anderson, Univers...

2016 Callaghan Medal:Bringing ecological science into the marae and community

Professor Hamish Spe...

2016 Humanities Aronui Medal:Reinterpreting the history of the British Empire

Professor Tony Balla...

2016 Mason Durie Medal: School leadership matters for learning

Distinguished Professor Viviane Rob...

2016 Dame Joan Metge Medal: Evidence-based Education

Professor Stuart McNaughton ONZM, University ...

2016 Sir Charles Hercus Medal:Advancing respiratory medicine and health science research in New Zealand

2016 Hutton Medal: Understanding New Zealand's diverse marine flora

When people think of New Zeala...

2015 MacDiarmid Medal:What's your stroke risk?

Professor Valery Feigin has been awarded the MacDia...

2015 Research Honours Dinner

The Royal Society of New Zealand presented eleven medals at the 2015 ...

2015 Rutherford Medal: Keeping bones strong

Distinguished Professor Ian Reid FRSNZ has been award...

2015 Pickering Medal:Reducing emissions from aluminum production

Professor Margaret Hyland has bee...

2015 Thomson Medal:Science leadership for nanotechnology and research collaboration

The Thomson Me...

2015 Callaghan Medal: Nanogirl recognised for exciting young people about science

‘Nanogirl’ D...

2015 Hector Medal:Making ceramics that don't shatter and other high value materials

Dr Ian Brown F...

2015 Pou Aronui Award:Promoting indigenous rights and scholarship

Professor Margaret Mutu has been...

2015 Hutton Medal: Understanding New Zealand's Hidden Depths

Research into New Zealand’s vast oc...

2015 Humanities Aronui Medal: Charting migration and colonisation of Oceania

Emeritus Professor At...

2015 Mason Durie Medal:Perception of illness matters and Nocebo Effect

The Mason Durie Medal has b...

2015 Te Rangi Hiroa Medal:Health and it's social and political context

Associate Professor Ruth Fi...

2014 Thomson Medal: Environmental science leadership

Dr Rob Murdoch has been awarded the Thomson m...

2014 Callaghan Medal:A buzz about genetics

Geneticist Associate Professor Peter Dearden has been a...

2014 MacDiarmid Medal: Keep a cool head, baby

Clinician‐scientist Professor Alistair Jan Gunn ha...

2014 Pickering Medal: Implantable wireless devices for monitoring the body

Physiologist and bioeng...

2014 Mason Durie Medal: Uncovering the origins of the Angkor Civilisation

Archaeologist Professor ...

2014 Rutherford Medal: Understanding the fundamentals

Distinguished Professor Peter Schwerdtfeger ...

2014 Humanities Aronui Medal: From Lolita to the origins of storytelling; Shakespeare to the philosophy of science

2014 Pou Aronui award: An ambassador for New Zealand literature and the arts

Professor Lydia Wever...

2014 Jones Medal: A lifetime of statistics

Emeritus Professor David Vere‐Jones FRSNZ has been aw...

2014 Hector Medal: Maximum symmetry and open questions

Distinguished Professor Marston Conder FRSN...

2014 Joan Metge Medal: Education as a social and cultural practice

Professor Alison Jones has been...

2014 Sir Charles Hercus Medal: Pinpointing the cause of hereditary stomach cancer

Professor Parry ...

2014 Research Honours Dinner

The Royal Society of New Zealand presented twelve medals at the 2014 ...

2013 Rutherford Medal: A Lifetime of Voyaging and Exploration

Distinguished Professor Dame Anne Sa...

2013 Pickering Medal: How do you design the perfect concert hall?

Designing concert hall acoustics...

2013 Thomson Medal: Commercialising New Zealand's Science

Dr Peter Lee has been awarded the Thomso...