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2022 Rutherford Medal

The team behind the 50-year-old Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health & Development Study, led by Professor Richie Poulton FRSNZ with Professor Murray Thomson FRSNZ, University of Otago, and Professor Terrie Moffitt and Professor Avshalom Caspi, Duke University, has been presented the Rutherford Medal by Royal Society Te Apārangi.

First event to celebrate 2022 Research Honours Aotearoa winners

Ten medals and awards were present...
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    Wed 9 Nov 2022

Research Honours Aotearoa winners celebrated in Te Whanganui-a-Tara

All-electric aircraft, vaccine...
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    Tue 22 Nov 2022

Research Honours Aotearoa winners celebrated in Ōtepoti Dunedin

The team behind the 50-year-old D...
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    Wed 16 Nov 2022

Photographs from 2022 Research Honours Aotearoa Kirikiriroa Hamilton
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Photographs from 2022 Research Honours Aotearoa Ōtepoti Dunedin
  • Photographs from 2022 Research Honours Aotearoa Ōtepoti Dunedin

Photographs from 2022 Research Honours Aotearoa event in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
  • Photographs from 2022 Research Honours Aotearoa event in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

2022 Thomson Medal

Professor David Hutchinson, University of Otago, has been presented the Thomson...
  • Professor David Hutchinson, University of Otago, has been presented the Thomson Medal by Royal Society Te Apārangi for establishing and developing the Dodd-Walls Centr...

2022 Jones Medal

Dr Kenneth Dodds, AgResearch, has been awarded the Jones Medal by Royal Society T...
  • Dr Kenneth Dodds, AgResearch, has been awarded the Jones Medal by Royal Society Te Apārangi for his work developing and applying statistical methods for genetic data a...

2022 Hercus Medal

Professor Stephen Robertson FRSNZ, Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, University o...
  • Professor Stephen Robertson FRSNZ, Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, University of Otago, has been awarded the Hercus Medal by Royal Society Te Apārangi for research on...

2022 ECR Excellence Award for Humanities

Dr Anna High, Faculty of Law, University of Otago, has b...
  • Dr Anna High, Faculty of Law, University of Otago, has been awarded the Royal Society Te Apārangi Early Career Research Excellence Award for Humanities for her socio-...

2022 ECR Excellence Award for Social Sciences

Dr Christina Ergler, School of Geography — Te Ihow...
  • Dr Christina Ergler, School of Geography — Te Ihowhenua, University of Otago, has been awarded the Royal Society Te Apārangi Award for Social Sciences for research h...

2022 Hatherton Award

Dr Lena Collienne, Department of Computer Science, University of Otago, has b...
  • Dr Lena Collienne, Department of Computer Science, University of Otago, has been presented with the Hatherton Award by Royal Society Te Apārangi for identifying a biol...

2022 MacDiarmid Medal

The AgResearch Plant Biotechnology Team, comprising of team members Dr Greg ...
  • The AgResearch Plant Biotechnology Team, comprising of team members Dr Greg Bryan, Dr Nick Roberts, and Dr Somrutai Winichayakul, has been presented the MacDiarmid Meda...

2022 Humanities Aronui Medal

Professor Timothy Mulgan FRSNZ, University of Auckland Waipapa Taumat...
  • Professor Timothy Mulgan FRSNZ, University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau, has been presented the Humanities Aronui Medal for prolific, original and influential contri...

2022 Te Pūawaitanga Research Excellence Award

Dr Waikaremoana Waitoki, Ngāti Hako, Ngāti Mahang...
  • Dr Waikaremoana Waitoki, Ngāti Hako, Ngāti Mahanga, of University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, has been presented the Te Puāwaitanga Research Excellence A...

2022 Te Kōpūnui Māori Research Award

Dr Melissa Derby, Ngāti Ranginui, of University of Waikat...
  • Dr Melissa Derby, Ngāti Ranginui, of University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, has been presented the Royal Society Te Apārangi Te Kōpūnui Māori Research ...

2022 Hector Medal

Professor Murray Cox FRSNZ, University of Massey Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa, has b...
  • Professor Murray Cox FRSNZ, University of Massey Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa, has been awarded the Hector Medal for major advances in population genetic theory and the in...

2022 Cooper Award

Dr Hamid Abbasi, University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau, has been presented ...
  • Dr Hamid Abbasi, University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau, has been presented the Cooper Award for developing a method for automatically identifying biological marker...

2022 Metge Medal

Associate Professor Yvonne Underhill-Sem, University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata ...
  • Associate Professor Yvonne Underhill-Sem, University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau, has been awarded the Metge Medal for intellectual leadership on gendered social re...

2022 Te Kōpūnui Māori Research Award II

Dr Tara McAllister, Te Aitanga ā Māhaki, from the Cen...
  • Dr Tara McAllister, Te Aitanga ā Māhaki, from the Centre for Science in Society, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, has received the Te Kōpūnui ...

2022 Hamilton Award

Dr Christopher Cornwall, a Rutherford Discovery Fellow at the School of Biolog...
  • Dr Christopher Cornwall, a Rutherford Discovery Fellow at the School of Biological Sciences, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, has been presented t...

2022 Charles Fleming Award for Environmental Achievement

Professor Ann Brower, University of Cante...
  • Professor Ann Brower, University of Canterbury, has been awarded the Charles Fleming Award for Environmental Achievement for pioneering interdisciplinary research that ...

2022 Mason Durie Medal

Professor Hallie Buckley, Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, has b...
  • Professor Hallie Buckley, Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, has been awarded the Mason Durie Medal for transforming the way we conceptualise the biomedical hi...

2022 Pou Aronui Award

Professor Paul Millar, School of Humanities and Creative Arts, University of...
  • Professor Paul Millar, School of Humanities and Creative Arts, University of Canterbury, has been presented with the Pou Arounui Award for his commitment to growing cap...

2022 Tahunui-a-rangi Award:

Deborah Cumming and Nina Weaver from Wellington School of Design Ngā ...
  • Deborah Cumming and Nina Weaver from Wellington School of Design Ngā Pae Māhutonga, Massey University, have received the Tahunui-a-rangi Award for creating a fit-for-...

2022 Callaghan Medal

Professor Michael Baker MNZM, Department of Public Health, University of Otag...
  • Professor Michael Baker MNZM, Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington has received the Callaghan Medal for science-informed commentary on the Covid...

2022 Hutton Medal

Professor Rupert Sutherland FRSNZ, of the School of Geography, Environment & Ear...
  • Professor Rupert Sutherland FRSNZ, of the School of Geography, Environment & Earth Sciences, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, has been awarded the...

2022 Pickering Medal

Professor Rod Badcock, of Robinson Research Institute, Te Herenga Waka — Vi...
  • Professor Rod Badcock, of Robinson Research Institute, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, has been awarded the Pickering Medal for developing superc...

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