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Forum: Hōtoke 2021

First issue of Forum newsletter in hōtoke winter 2021.

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  • Aim high, go fast: Why emissions need to plummet this decade

    In this section for submissions by our Fellows, Dr Kevin Trenberth Hon FRSNZ and Professor Christopher Field discuss the urgent need to reduce global emissions and take action against the climate crisis. They turn their attention to Australia, a nation of currently high emissions but rich renewable energy resources, which could become a leader in the fight against global warming.

  • Microbiomes and sustainable nutrition

    In this section for submissions by our Fellows, Dr Nick Smith, Professor Warren McNabb, and Distinguished Professor Harjinder Singh FRSNZ explain the important relationship between the microscopic world and human nutritional health.

  • New Fellows Day and Annual Fellowship meeting

    The annual event to admit the new cohort of Fellows, hear short seminars about their work, and hear about the work of the academy was held on 29 April 2021 at the Society. Also held was the 55th annual Fellows' Forum of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.

  • Dr Tony Conner — Deputy Chair of the AEC

    Tony was elected as a Companion of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2003 and as a Fellow in 2011. He was elected for a three-year term as Vice President (Biological and Life Sciences) of the Academic Executive Committee in 2018. This evolved into the deputy chair role of AEC in 2019, for which he was recently re-elected through to 30 June 2022.

  • The world before us: How science is revealing a new story of our human origins

    Professor Tom Higham Hon FRSNZ has written a new book that follows the scientific and technological advancements that have enabled us to learn more about not just how long-ago other humans lived, but how they lived.

  • The soils of Aotearoa New Zealand

    Professor David Lowe FRSNZ and Dr Megan Balks (both from the Earth sciences group, School of Science/Te Aka Mātuatua, University of Waikato) have teamed up with Dr Allan Hewitt (Manaaki Whenua–Landcare Research) to write a book on the soils of New Zealand.

  • Migration and political theory

    In this book, Professor Gillian Brock FRSNZ, one of the leading figures in the field, lucidly introduces and explains the important historical, empirical and normative contexts necessary to get to grips with the major contemporary debates.

  • Professor Shaun Hendy – Domain Convenor for Physical, Earth and Mathematical Sciences

    Shaun was elected a Fellow of Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2012; he won the Callaghan Medal in 2012 and become a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to science in 2021.

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  • Plastics in the Environment
    Understanding Aotearoa's plastics problem