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Adaptation Futures 2025 #AF2025 @adaptationfutures.bsky.social · Jul 14

📣 There’s just one day left to register for #AF2025 using the early-bird discount!

You can register to attend Adaptation Futures 2025 online or in person at a reduced price until 15 July.

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Royal Society Te Apārangi @royalsocietynz.bsky.social · Dec 16

The Royal Society Te Apārangi has sent an open letter to the Prime Minister about the importance of social sciences and humanities, following changes to the Marsden Fund terms that explicitly exclude research areas in the social sciences and humanities:
www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/open-le...

Open letter on importance of research in the social sciences and humanities

Open letter on importance of research in the social sciences and humanities Tēnā koe Prime Minister, The role of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, as set out in the Royal Society of New Zealand Act,...

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Royal Society Te Apārangi @royalsocietynz.bsky.social · Dec 4

Response from our President today: www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/respons...

Response to changes to the Marsden Fund

The Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology has today released changes to the Investment Plan and Terms of Reference for the Marsden Fund. The new Terms contain explicit signals that every appl...

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Royal Society Te Apārangi @royalsocietynz.bsky.social · Dec 4

The Society learned of new directives for the Marsden Fund, which will delay the 2025 funding round.

Read the response from our President here www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/respons...

Read further information on the Marsden Fund webpage here www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...

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Royal Society Te Apārangi @royalsocietynz.bsky.social · May 13

Applications are now open for the Prime Minister’s Science Prizes 2024. Find out more about the criteria and apply at the link here 👉 www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/new-new...

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Royal Society Te Apārangi @royalsocietynz.bsky.social · May 2

The latest Prime Minister's Science Prize winners were announced at a ceremony at Parliament on Wednesday
🏆Find out about the winners here bit.ly/PMSciPrize
📸Rebecca McMillan

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Royal Society Te Apārangi @royalsocietynz.bsky.social · Apr 4

Twenty-two new Ngā Ahurei a Te Apārangi Fellows and Ngā Ahurei Honore a Te Apārangi Honorary Fellows have been elected to the Academy of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
Find out more about our new Fellows on our website 👉 www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/latest-...

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Royal Society Te Apārangi @royalsocietynz.bsky.social · Dec 18

Our new Data Sovereignty report gives an overview of the concepts of data sovereignty, Indigenous data sovereignty, and Māori data sovereignty. These concepts are helping guide answers to complex questions about who owns, controls, and protects our data. bit.ly/3RKUpyC 💻💽

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Royal Society Te Apārangi @royalsocietynz.bsky.social · Dec 15

Ngā Puanga Pūtaiao Fellowships have been awarded to 18 early-career and 3 mid-career scientific (Pūtaiao) researchers. The fellowship will help to strengthen a diverse STEM workforce by investing in talented Māori and Pacific researchers.
bit.ly/3NsfVFW

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Royal Society Te Apārangi @royalsocietynz.bsky.social · Nov 28

This week NIWA Auckland is hosting an Early Career Science night.
This is for anyone working in public sector science as early career researchers in or around Auckland. Come and listen to three short talks and mingle after.
www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/early-care...

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Royal Society Te Apārangi @royalsocietynz.bsky.social · Nov 27

Dr Owen Catchpole FRSNZ, was awarded the Scott Medal for being a world leader in the development of processes to extract high-value bioactive chemicals from biological materials using ‘supercritical’ solvents.

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Royal Society Te Apārangi @royalsocietynz.bsky.social · Nov 27

Professor @nick-golledge.bsky.social was awarded the Hutton Medal for his cutting-edge contributions to modelling of the Antarctic ice sheet, and research on climate change, including his role as a Lead Author for the most recent Assessment Report from the IPCC.

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Royal Society Te Apārangi @royalsocietynz.bsky.social · Nov 27

Dr Mike Joy was awarded the Callaghan Medal for his research on the decline of freshwater ecosystems, the quality of drinking water, and sustainable management of our freshwater ecosystems and food production, and communicating science to inform public opinion.

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Royal Society Te Apārangi @royalsocietynz.bsky.social · Nov 27

Professor Geoffrey Waterhouse was awarded the MacDiarmid Medal for discovering low-cost nanocatalysts critical to global decarbonisation efforts and the establishment of robust energy infrastructures based around renewables.

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Royal Society Te Apārangi @royalsocietynz.bsky.social · Nov 27

Distinguished Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou) CNZM FRSNZ was awarded the Rutherford Medal last Thursday for her role in advancing education and research for her pioneering contribution to transforming research for Indigenous Peoples globally.

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Royal Society Te Apārangi @royalsocietynz.bsky.social · Nov 22

This World AMR Awareness Week, Royal Society Te Apārangi spoke with experts Professor Jack Heinemann and Dr Sophie van Hamelsveld about antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and what work is being done in Aotearoa New Zealand to understand it better.
Find out more at bit.ly/3SLAqRp 🦠💊

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Royal Society Te Apārangi @royalsocietynz.bsky.social · Nov 19

Royal Society Te Apārangi selected Dr Vineet Shah, of Callaghan Innovation, for the Cooper Award— the Early Career Research Excellence Award for Technology, Applied Sciences and Engineering— for transforming concrete waste into a sustainable low-carbon additive for cement.

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Royal Society Te Apārangi @royalsocietynz.bsky.social · Nov 19

Professor Niels Kjærgaard, was awarded the Hector Medal for his contribution to the advancement of scientific understanding of fundamental particles, through experimental studies of atomic collisions and light-scattering using ultracold gases. His award was accepted on his behalf by his students.

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Royal Society Te Apārangi @royalsocietynz.bsky.social · Nov 19

Dr Vincent O'Malley was awarded the Humanities Aronui Medal for his contribution to the research, knowledge, and public understanding of New Zealand history, particularly of the New Zealand Wars and Māori-Pākehā relations throughout the nineteenth century.

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Royal Society Te Apārangi @royalsocietynz.bsky.social · Nov 19

An AgResearch team was awarded the Pickering Medal for breeding sheep which emit less methane, and for determining the potential reduction of methane emissions if these sheep can be farmed throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Royal Society Te Apārangi @royalsocietynz.bsky.social · Nov 19

Four medals and awards were presented in Ōtautahi Christchurch last Wednesday evening by Royal Society Te Apārangi to recognise researchers in New Zealand who have achieved excellence in scholarship, innovation or who have made significant contributions to Aotearoa through their research and career.

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Royal Society Te Apārangi @royalsocietynz.bsky.social · Nov 12

Prof. Ewan Fordyce FRSNZ, our visionary Senior Editor (2016-2021), transformed JRSNZ. Under his leadership, the journal evolved into a multidisciplinary title uniting diverse research realms across NZ. Ewan's legacy echoes on every page. Grateful for his impact on JRSNZ and the research community.

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Royal Society Te Apārangi @royalsocietynz.bsky.social · Nov 9

Congratulations to Debashree and Tejesvi who proudly presented their pitches on the global stage at the Falling Walls Lab Science Summit in Berlin.

Watch them pitch their breakthroughs at falling-walls.com/.../livestre...

Debashree gives her pitch at 1:08:22 and Tejesvi gives his at 3:20:02.

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Royal Society Te Apārangi @royalsocietynz.bsky.social · Nov 9

Dr Hinekura Smith (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Te Ati Awa), Unitec | Te Pūkenga, has been awarded the Te Kōpūnui Māori Research Award for her PhD research titled ‘Whatuora: Whatu kākahu and living as Māori women’. Her whānau accepted the award on her behalf.

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Royal Society Te Apārangi @royalsocietynz.bsky.social · Nov 9

Dr Maria Armoudian, University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau, has been awarded the Royal Society Te Apārangi Early Career Research Excellence Award for Social Sciences for research, leadership, and mentoring to advance the interconnected goals of sustainability, human rights, and good governance.

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