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2024 Rutherford Medal

Professor Richard Beasley CNZM FRSNZ has been awarded the Rutherford Medal by the Royal Society Te Apārangi for revolutionising the treatment of asthma worldwide.

2024 Research Honours Aotearoa: first event

Five medals and awards were presented in Ōtepoti Dune...
  • PUBLISHED:
    Thu 14 Nov 2024

2024 Research Honours Aotearoa event in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Ten medals and awards were prese...
  • PUBLISHED:
    Wed 20 Nov 2024

2024 Research Honours Aotearoa event in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

The final event for the 202...
  • PUBLISHED:
    Thu 28 Nov 2024

2024 Jones Medal

Distinguished Professor Gaven Martin FRSNZ, of Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey Un...
  • Distinguished Professor Gaven Martin FRSNZ, of Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University, has been awarded the Jones Medal by the Royal Society Te Apārangi for his gr...

2024 Te Puāwaitanga Award

Associate Professor Daniel Hikuroa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato-Tainui, N...
  • Associate Professor Daniel Hikuroa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato-Tainui, Ngaati Whanaunga) has won Te Puāwaitanga Research Excellence Award for his work interweaving indi...

2024 Callaghan Medal

Associate Professor Dianne Sika-Paotonu has been awarded the Callaghan Medal ...
  • Associate Professor Dianne Sika-Paotonu has been awarded the Callaghan Medal by Royal Society Te Apārangi for her evidence-based science communication and engagement e...

2024 Hector Medal

Distinguished Professor Charles Semple FRSNZ, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | Univ...
  • Distinguished Professor Charles Semple FRSNZ, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury, has been awarded the Hector Medal by Royal Society Te Apārangi fo...

2024 Hutton Medal: Adapting crops to a changing climate

Professor Andrew Allan FRSNZ, of Rangahau ...
  • Professor Andrew Allan FRSNZ, of Rangahau Ahumāra Kai Plant & Food Research and Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland, has been awarded the Hutton Medal by the Ro...

2024 Pou Aronui Award

Professor Mark Mullins, of Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland, has b...
  • Professor Mark Mullins, of Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland, has been awarded the Pou Aronui Award by the Royal Society Te Apārangi for a career of scholarsh...

2024 Humanities Aronui Medal

Professor Vicki Karaminas, of Te Kunenga Ki Pūrehuroa Massey Univers...
  • Professor Vicki Karaminas, of Te Kunenga Ki Pūrehuroa Massey University, has been awarded the Humanities Aronui Medal by the Royal Society Te Apārangi for advancing t...

2024 Pickering Medal

Distinguished Professor Harjinder Singh FRSNZ, of the Riddet Institute at Te ...
  • Distinguished Professor Harjinder Singh FRSNZ, of the Riddet Institute at Te Kunenga Ki Pūrehuroa Massey University, has been awarded the Pickering Medal by the Royal ...

2024 Mason Durie Medal

Professor Natalia Chaban has been awarded the Mason Durie Medal by Royal So...
  • Professor Natalia Chaban has been awarded the Mason Durie Medal by Royal Society Te Apārangi for her innovative research into perceptions in international relations an...

2024 Thomson Medal

The Royal Society Te Apārangi has awarded Professor Sergei Gulyaev the Thomson...
  • The Royal Society Te Apārangi has awarded Professor Sergei Gulyaev the Thomson Medal—recognising outstanding contributions to the organisation, support and applicati...

2024 Metge Medal

Dr Kay Saville-Smith, of the Centre for Research, Evaluation and Social Assessmen...
  • Dr Kay Saville-Smith, of the Centre for Research, Evaluation and Social Assessment, has been awarded the Metge Medal by Royal Society Te Apārangi for her three decades...

2024 Hercus Medal

Professor Michael Dragunow FRSNZ, of Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland,...
  • Professor Michael Dragunow FRSNZ, of Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland, has been awarded the Hercus Medal by the Royal Society Te Apārangi for his world-leadi...

2024 Leonard Cockayne Lecture Award

Dr Peter Heenan has been awarded the Leonard Cockayne Lecture ...
  • Dr Peter Heenan has been awarded the Leonard Cockayne Lecture Award by Royal Society Te Apārangi for his decades-long commitment to Aotearoa New Zealand’s rich botan...

2024 Te Kopunui Māori Research Award

Dr Maree Sheehan (Ngāti Maniapoto-Waikato, Ngāti Tuwhareto...
  • Dr Maree Sheehan (Ngāti Maniapoto-Waikato, Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whāoa, Clan Sheehan, Clan Marshall) has been awarded the Te Kōpūnui Māori Research...

2024 Cooper Award

Dr Timothy Angeli-Gordon, of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, has been awarded the Cooper...
  • Dr Timothy Angeli-Gordon, of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, has been awarded the Cooper Award for investigating the electrical and cellular mechanisms causing chronic gastroin...

2024 ECR Excellence Award for the Humanities

Dr Luke Fitzmaurice-Brown (Te Aupōuri), of Te Hereng...
  • Dr Luke Fitzmaurice-Brown (Te Aupōuri), of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, has been awarded the Royal Society Te Apārangi Early Career Research E...

2024 Hatherton Award: Pioneering understanding of phase transitions in disordered systems

Dr Ehsan...
  • Dr Ehsan Arabahmadi has been awarded the Hatherton Award by Royal Society Te Apārangi for his work on a new phase transition in disordered systems, directing their exp...

2024 Hamilton Award

Dr Bella Duncan, of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, has b...
  • Dr Bella Duncan, of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, has been awarded the Hamilton Award by the Royal Society Te Apārangi for investigating how oce...

2024 ECR Excellence Award for Social Science

Associate Professor Lara Greaves (Ngapuhi, Pakeha, Ta...
  • Associate Professor Lara Greaves (Ngapuhi, Pakeha, Tarara) has been awarded the Early Career Research Excellence Award for Social Sciences by the Royal Society Te Apār...

Photos from 2024 RHA Ōtepoti Dunedin

View photographs from the Research Honours Aotearoa event he...
  • View photographs from the Research Honours Aotearoa event held in Ōtepoti Dunedin on 14 November 2024.

Photos from 2024 RHA Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

View photographs from the Research Honours Aotearoa...
  • View photographs from the Research Honours Aotearoa event held in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland on 20 November 2024.

Photos from 2024 RHA Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

View photographs from the Research Honours Aot...
  • View photographs from the Research Honours Aotearoa event held in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington on 28 November 2024.

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