Royal Society of New Zealand Council

Voting in the 2013 Council elections closed on 15 May 2013. View the results. 

In terms of Sec 43 of the Royal Society of New Zealand Act 1997, the Council of the Society (in alphabetical order) comprises:

• Sir David Skegg KNZM OBE FRSNZ President, Royal Society of New Zealand
• Professor Geoff Austin FRSNZ FNZIP Vice President – Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology
• Dr John Caradus FRSNZ FASNZ HFNZIAS Vice President – Biological and Life Sciences
• Professor Richard Le Heron FRSNZ Vice President – Social Sciences and Humanities
• Professor Michael Corballis ONZM FRSNZ Councillor
• Professor Stephen Goldson CRSNZ FRSNZ Councillor
• Dr Christine Jasoni MRSNZ Regional Constituent Organisation Representative
• Mr John Lancashire QSM HFNZIAHS Constituent Organisation Representative
• Dr David McNamara Co-opted Councillor
  
• Professor Caroline Saunders ONZM MRSNZ Councillor
• Professor Margaret Tennant FRSNZ FNZAH Co-opted Councillor
  

• List of presidents
• Academy Executive Committee

NB: Staff details are here.

The Royal Society of New Zealand Council is constituted as follows:

1. One President;
2. Three elected Vice-Presidents with specific responsibilities as listed below:
   1. Biological and Life Sciences;
   2. Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology;
   3. Social Sciences and Humanities;
3. Three elected Councillors
4. One elected Representative of the Regional Constituent Organisations;
5. One elected Representative of the Constituent Organisations; and
6. Up to three Co-opted Councillors

The Chief Executive Officer appointed under Sec 26.1 of the Act is Dr Di McCarthy ONZM.

The Royal Society of New Zealand has its office at 11 Turnbull Street, Thorndon, Wellington.