Our Council
The Council has a governance role within the Society and consists of the President and Councillors elected, appointed or co-opted.
Royal Society Te Apārangi Council
- Dr Brent Clothier FRSNZ, President, Royal Society Te Apārangi 2021-2024
- Professor Charlotte Macdonald FRSNZ, Chair of Academy Executive Committee 2020-2023
- Dr Tony Conner CRSNZ FRSNZ, Deputy Chair of the Academy Executive Committee 2018-2021
- Professor Jens Mueller MNZM MRSNZ, Councillor – Individual Members Representative 2021-2023
- Dr Tom Baker MRSNZ, Councillor - Early Career Researcher Representative 2019-2022
- Jenny Pollock CRSNZ, Councillor - Branches Representative 2020-2023
- Associate Professor Cate Macinnis-Ng MRSNZ, Councillor - Constituent Organisation Representative 2020-2022
- Professor Linda Waimarie Nikora FRSNZ, Te Aitanga a Hauiti, Tūhoe, Councillor – Interim Māori Research Electoral College 2021-2024
- Professor Te Kani Kingi MRSNZ, Ngāti Pukeko, Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tai, Councillor – Interim Māori Research Electoral College 2021-2023
- Dr Russell Burton MRSNZ, Co-opted Councillor 2020-2022
- Dr Dianne Sika Paotonu MRSNZ, Co-opted Councillor 2020-2022
- Associate Professor Toeolesulusulu Damon Salesa FRSNZ, Co-opted Councillor 2021-2023
Royal Society Te Apārangi Council composition
For 2021/2022, the Royal Society of New Zealand Council is constituted as follows:
- President
- Chair of the Academy Executive Committee
- Deputy Chair of the Academy Executive Committee
- One Councillor elected by the Individual Members
- One Councillor elected by Members who are early career researchers
- One Councillor elected by the Regional Constituent Organisations (Branches)
- One Councillor elected by the Constituent Organisations
- Two Councillors elected by the interim Māori Research Electoral College
- Up to three Co-opted Councillors
The Chief Executive appointed under Sec 26.1 of our Act is Professor Dame Cynthia Kiro.