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 Susy Frankel FRSNZ, Deputy Chair of Academy Executive Committee 2023-2025
- 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 Individual Members 2024-2027
- Associate Professor Htin Lin Aung MRSNZ, Councillor – Early Career Researcher Electoral College 2024-2025
- Jenny Pollock CRSNZ, Councillor – appointed by the Branches 2023-2026
- Professor Cate Macinnis-Ng MRSNZ, Councillor – elected by the Constituent Organisations 2022-2025
- Dr Marie Bradley MRSNZ, Co-opted Councillor 2024-2025
- Distinguished Professor Steven Ratuva FRSNZ, Co-opted Councillor 2024-2025
- Professor Jens Mueller MNZM MRSNZ, Co-opted Councillor 2024-2025
Royal Society Te Apārangi Council composition
For 2024/2025, 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
- 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
- Up to three Co-opted Councillors
The Chief Executive appointed under Sec 26.1 of our Act is Paul Atkins.