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Professor Margaret Brimble elected Fellow of The Royal Society, London

Fellow and Rutherford Medal...

Celebrating Alert's 1,000th issue with he kāhui whetū | shining stars

Today the 1,000th issue of...

Poet and writer Bill Manhire one of five new Arts Icons

Fellow Bill Manhire has received an Icon A...

Alert newsletter reaches milestone of 1,000th issue

Alert, the Society's weekly newsletter to shar...

Professor Jan Anderson | First New Zealand-born female Fellow of the Royal Society of London

New television series on artefacts and taonga of Aotearoa

Dame Anne Salmond FRSNZ is presenting a ...

Next President of Society to receive prestigious research medal

Professor Wendy Larner FRSNZ FAcSS...

Māori scholarship awarded to Ōtaki College student

Iritana Bennett Fakahau learnt today that she...

Leading scientific journal formalises ethics standards for human-embryo and stem cell papers

Fellow David Penny named foreign associate of US National Academy of Sciences

Fellow Professor Eme...

Scholar, dreamer, rebel-rouser – now Emeritus Professor

2017 Pou Aronui Award winner Professor N...

Whizz Bang Science! Dr Graham returns for July school holidays

Dr Graham is in New Zealand for som...

Bee happy: EU bans neonicotinoid pesticide use

The EU has announced a near-total ban on three inse...

Attenborough endorses 10-year plan to describe Australasian biodiversity

Today New Zealand and Aus...

‘My daughter is a drug addict’: grandparents caring for the children of addicted parents

Lest we forget, Kia maumahara tātou i a rātou

This ANZAC day Royal Society Te Apārangi commemor...

MBIE now accepting ORCID iDs for funding applications

The Ministry for Business, Innovation and Em...

Video: How to talk, teach and write about climate change

This discussion looks at fresh approaches...

On science and stamp collecting

Physicist Professor Richard Blaikie shares his perspectives on wha...

Video: What's really inside your medicine cabinet with Dame Carol Robinson

'What's really inside y...

Unusual fungi reported in New Zealand Journal of Botany

First record of the fungus Battarrea phall...

Science of nature without culture

Bob Brockie’s opinion piece "The Treaty has no place in scient...

Plant invaders - seeds of despair?

Leonard Cockayne Lecturer for 2018, Professor Philip Hulme on t...

Seeking Associate Editors for the New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

New Zealand Journa...

New issue of the New Zealand Journal of Zoology now available online

Volume 45, Issue 2 of the New...

Bioengineering - a boon for New Zealand?

2016 MacDiarmid Medal winner Professor Merryn Tawhai disc...

Committed to an inclusive view of knowledge

Our President responds to a recent column in the media...

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research Special Issue

The latest special issue of the New Zea...

NIWA launches new competition to tackle marine pests

Biosecurity scientists are seeking 'out of th...

Video: Mitigating climate change with Professor Jim Skea

'Climate change: stormy weather ahead', a...

James Cook Research Fellowships | 2018 round is now open

The James Cook Research Fellowships, admi...

Inaugural Animal Welfare Fellowship awarded to Massey Researcher

The inaugural Bob Kerridge Animal...

Talk on the Hubble to launch international science communication conference

For the first time the...

Society supports joint statement on climate change by Commonwealth academies of science

Royal Soci...

Video: Fuels to Food from Sunlight, Air, and Water

'Energy: what's possible, what's not' with Prof...

2018 New Zealand Community of the Year finalist | Pillars

Congratulations to Dr Liz Gordon, Presid...

Book Awards celebrate 50th anniversary with stellar finalist line-up

Finalists for the 2018 Ockham...

New Zealand Journal of Botany and New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

New issues of New ...

Announcing Rutherford Discovery Fellowships 2018 funding round and roadshows

Applications for the ...

2018 ANZCCART Awards - applications now open

Recognising those who care for the welfare of animals...

2018 New Zealander of the Year finalist - Dr Siouxsie Wiles

The achievements of Dr Siouxsie Wiles,...

Expressions of interest for Catalyst Fund Reviewers

The Royal Society Te Apārangi is calling for ...

Mitigating climate change with Professor Jim Skea

We are pleased to host Professor Jim Skea from t...

New project Te Takarangi celebrates Māori publications

Māori non-fiction books are being celebra...

2017 Prime Minister's Science Prizes announced

The 2017 Prime Minister’s Science Prizes were pre...