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The Royal Society Te Apārangi (in full, Royal Society of New Zealand) is a not-for-profit body in New Zealand providing funding and policy advice in the fields of sciences and the humanities. These fundings are provided on behalf of the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment .
All-electric aircraft, vaccine... Royal Society Te Apārangi supports New Zealanders to explore, discover and share knowledge.
See announcements for our new Fellows and Honorary Fellows elected yearly. Our Fellows and Honorary Fellows are researchers and scholars who are elected as leaders in their fields to our Academy.
Information on hot topics: sugar, gene editing, fluoridation, demographic change, pest management, a sustainable economy. Explore more of our history on our interactive timeline. We've been exploring, discovering and sharing new ideas for a long time, in a tradition formalised in the 1600s.
The Royal Society (known as the New Zealand Institute before 1933) was established in 1867 to co-ordinate and assist the activities of a number of regional research societies including the Auckland Institute, the Wellington Philosophical Society and the Otago Institute.
The Rutherford Medal (instituted in 1991 and known as the New Zealand Science and Technology Gold Medal until 2000) is the most prestigious award offered by the Royal Society of New Zealand, consisting of a medal and prize of $100,000.
Learn everything you need to know before you apply to become a Member, including the different membership types, eligibility criteria, yearly subscription rates, what information you need on hand to apply and expectations.
