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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

  • Distinguished Professor Dame Jane Harding FRSNZ, President, Royal Society Te Apārangi 2024-2027
  • Distinguished Professor Geoff Chase FRSNZ, Chair of Academy Executive Committee 2023-2026
  • Professor Stephen May FRSNZ, Deputy Chair of Academy Executive Committee 2025-2028
  • Distinguished Professor Christine Kenney MRSNZ, Te ​Ātiawa ki Kāpiti, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Toarangatira, Councillor – Māori Electoral College 2024-2027
  • Dr Erena Wikaire MRSNZ, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine, Te Kapotai, Te Hikutu, Councillor – Māori Electoral College 2023-2026
  • Dr Libby Harrison, Councillor – elected by the general membership 2024-2027
  • Dr William Rolleston CRSNZ, Councillor – elected by the general membership 2025-2028
  • Jenny Pollock CRSNZ, Councillor – appointed by the Branches 2023-2026

Royal Society Te Apārangi Council composition

For 2025/2026, 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
  • Two Councillors elected by the Māori Electoral College
  • Two Councillors elected by the general membership
  • One Councillor appointed by the Regional Constituent Organisations (Branches)
  • Co-opted Councillor/s

The Chief Executive appointed under Sec 26.1 of our Act is Paul Atkins.