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  1. 2011 Prime Minister's Science Prize winner - helping to guide global debate on how to mitigate the effects of a changing climate

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    Research that is helping to guide international decisions on how the world can respond to climate change has won the 2011 Prime Minister’s Science Prize. The $500,000 award has gone to a joint NIWA…

  2. Ever Wondered? television show, snapshots from series two.

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    In 2011 a second series of the television show “Ever Wondered?” was produced out of the partnership between TVNZ 7 and the Royal Society of New Zealand. The series showcased the fantastic work of…

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    • Inaugural MacDiarmid Medal presented

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      The inaugural MacDiarmid Medal was presented to Dr Gary Evans of Industrial Research Ltd on 16 November 2011. Dr Evans is a chemist who have pioneered the design and synthesis of new pharmaceuticals…

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      • Inaugural Callaghan Medal for science communication awarded

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        The inaugural Callaghan Medal for science communication was awarded in 2011 to Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, the PM’s Chief Science Advisor, and recognises his achievement in science communication,…

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        • 2011 Rutherford Medal awarded to Professor Christine Winterbourn

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          New Zealand’s top science and technology honour, the Rutherford Medal, was awarded in 2011 to the first woman in the medal’s 20-year history. Biochemist Professor Christine Winterbourn from the University…

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          • Finding Time - Big Science Adventures 2008

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            In the 2008 Big Science Adventures Student Film Festival entrants were asked to explore the following criteria: 1. Explore the work of a New Zealand scientist whose work follows on from Darwin 2)…

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            • 'The Mysterious Maya' - Professor Norman Hammond

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              The Mysterious Maya: an ancient American civilisation Professor Norman Hammond Fellow of the British Academy and Archaeology Correspondent for The Times, London The Maya created one of the New World’s…

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              • How to Make Life from the Primordial Soup

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                2011 Rutherford Lecture- How to Make Life from the Primordial Soup Why RNA is the key ingredient to human life. One of the biggest questions in life is how did we get here? How did rock and steam…

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                • New Zealand: the place where talent wants to live

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                  Professor Sir Paul Callaghan 2011 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Soundings Theatre, Te Papa 19 May 2011 New Zealand: the place talent wants to live This is an extraordinarily pleasant country…

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                  • Lord Rutherford- Goettingen Lecture 14 December 1931

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                    This work has no know copyright restrictions. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

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                    • "White Earth Melting"

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                      Royal Society of New Zealand Big Science Adventures

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                      • "Hanging on in Antarctica" Sonya Walker

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                        Royal Society of New Zealand Big Science Adventure

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