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
- Professor Wendy Larner FRSNZ President, Royal Society Te Apārangi 2018-2021
- 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
- Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles MRSNZ Councillor – Individual Members Representative 2018-2021
- 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
- Dr Moana Theodore MRSNZ Councillor – Interim Māori Research Electoral College 2020-2021
- Associate Professor Melinda Webber MRSNZ Councillor – Interim Māori Research Electoral College 2020-2021
- Dr Russell Burton MRSNZ Co-opted Councillor 2020-2021
- Dr Dianne Sika Paotonu MRSNZ Co-opted Councillor 2020-2021
Royal Society Te Apārangi Council composition
For 2020/2021, the Royal Society of New Zealand Council is constituted as follows:
- President
- President-elect
- 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 Dr Andrew Cleland FRSNZ.