Thursday, 11 March 2021, 2:54 pm | Royal Society Twenty-seven 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 for their distinction in research and advancement of science, technology . More
Tuesday, 10 November 2020, 4:31 pm | Royal Society Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden, the Marsden Fund, has allocated $84.751 million (excluding
GST) to 134 research projects led by researchers in Aotearoa. These grants support
excellent New Zealand research in the humanities, science, maths, social sciences . More
Thursday, 29 October 2020, 2:20 pm | Royal Society
Fellowships support research into the evolution of stress tolerance in land plants,
David James/Stuff Ardern said Durie and Salmond were named for their enormous contributions to the country. “Professors Anne Salmond and Mason Durie are rightly recognised for their enormous contributions to New Zealand in many fields, including science and social science across Maori education and health. “The country is richer for their contributions,” she said.
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Sir Mason Durie became a Member of the Order of New Zealand. “Dave Dobbyn is responsible for some of our most popular Kiwi anthems and has been part of the music industry for five decades,” Ardern said of the
Slice of Heaven singer. The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor Professor Juliet Gerrard, and Professor Cynthia Kiro who led the development of a formal te reo Māori policy at the University of Auckland have been named Dame Companions.