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2025 Council elections

Each year we hold elections for positions on the Royal Society of New Zealand Council, the governing body of Royal Society Te Apārangi.

2025 Council elections

Dr William Rolleston CNZM CRSNZ has been elected to the Society’s Council by general membership.

William RollestonDr William Rolleston CNZM CRSNZ has extensive governance experience, as Member, President, or Chair of Boards including Genomics Aotearoa, MOTU Economic and Public Policy Research, Federated Farmers, the World Farming Organisation, Craighead Diocesan School, Aoraki Development Trust, and BIOTENZ. Dr Rolleston co-founded South Pacific Sera Ltd, a biotechnology business which was a diversification of his family’s farm.

He was the founding chair of the Life Sciences Network – an advocacy organisation for national science and industry organisations. He owns Blue Cliffs Station, a sheep and beef farm in South Canterbury, which incorporates forestry. Dr Rolleston has been a member of the government’s Science Strategy Advisory Group and of the Genetic Modification Technical Advisory Group.