Meet two winners of the 2023 Prime Ministers Science Prizes. In the wake of the 2019 Whakaari eruption, Professor Ben Kennedy engaged communities with the science of volcano hazards – mahi that earns him the 2023 Science Communication Prize. Meanwhile, Future Scientist prizewinner 17-year-old Sunny Perry has developed a helpful soil map.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Pandemic s science stars honoured by PM Jacinda Ardern
13 Apr, 2021 04:30 AM
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University of Auckland-based research excellence centre Te Pūnaha Matatini has been awarded the 2020 Prime Minister s Science Prize for its Covid-19 response. Photo / Supplied
University of Auckland-based research excellence centre Te Pūnaha Matatini has been awarded the 2020 Prime Minister s Science Prize for its Covid-19 response. Photo / Supplied
A talented team of researchers who gave the Government the math it needed to keep Covid-19 at bay have taken out New Zealand s premier science award.
Efforts by University of Auckland-based Te Pūnaha Matatini – just announced as the winners of the $500,000 Prime Minister s Science Prize – have been a crucial part of New Zealand s world-lauded pandemic response.