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TĒNĀ KOUTOU We may not be able to meet in person this year to celebrate these glittering prize winners, but we are no less proud or delighted to announce the recipients of the 2021 Research Honours Aotearoa medals and awards. Across a great many fields of research we see outstanding work bringing new knowledge into being, expanding the way we understand the world, and changing the lives of people. A particular feature of 2021 is the success of research groups. We applaud their collaboration. More than ever, the work of researchers in Aotearoa New Zealand is something we have come to count on. While much of their work goes on outside the public eye, the opportunity to recognise the achievements of outstanding people across all our fields of endeavour is one we hold very high. Our medal and award winners bring a shining light to our skies. Warmest congratulations to the 2021 winners.
Kia tere te kārohirohi i mua i tōu huarahi. May the shimmer of light ever dance across your pathway. PROFESSOR CHARLOTTE MACDONALD FRSNZ ROYAL SOCIETY TE APĀRANGI ACADEMY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
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COOPER AWARD For encouraging excellence in technology, applied science and engineering by early career researchers in New Zealand DR LAURA REVELL School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of Canterbury AIRBORNE MICROPLASTICS CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
EARLY CAREER RESEARCH REWARDS
Presented for chemistry-climate interaction modelling work and pioneering research on understanding how microplastics might impact the Earth’s climate. Laura’s research focuses on how greenhouse gases and airborne particulate matter behave in the atmosphere. She has led numerous climate modelling studies examining how greenhouse gas emissions affect the ozone layer and air quality. Her research group recently reported the presence of airborne microplastics in New Zealand - the first study of its kind - and is studying how airborne microplastics interact with the global climate system.
HAMILTON AWARD
HATHERTON AWARD
For encouraging excellence in scientific research by early-career researchers in New Zealand
Presented for the best scientific paper by a PhD student at any New Zealand university in chemical sciences, physical sciences, earth sciences or mathematical and information sciences
DR KYLE CLEM School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington TRUE VULNERABILITY OF THE SOUTH POLE TO GLOBAL WARMING
Presented for research on the warming of the remote interior of Antarctica. Kyle’s papers present two major scientific advances: they show that nowhere in Antarctica is immune to anthropogenic climate change, therefore showing that nowhere on Earth is immune; and that natural and anthropogenic processes work together to produce extreme multidecadal warming in the Antarctic interior. Kyle has shown the true vulnerability of remote polar regions to warming. His research offers crucial insights of global significance regarding the future of increasing global temperatures and natural variations.
DR GILLES SEROPIAN School of Earth and Environment, University of Canterbury ASSESSING WHICH VOLCANOES WILL ERUPT AFTER EARTHQUAKES
Presented for providing a framework to understand why some volcanoes are more likely to erupt after an earthquake than others. Gilles’ paper, the first review on this topic for 15 years, describes what is happening inside a volcano after an earthquake happens nearby. How a volcano will respond will vary from one volcano to another, but the paper provides a set of easy measurements to help improve forecasting. The study shows that a volcano’s hydrothermal system (the topmost part where water is heated into steam) is particularly sensitive to earthquakes and that an earthquake cannot trigger an eruption unless a volcano is already close to erupting.
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EARLY CAREER RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR HUMANITIES
EARLY CAREER RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES
For encouraging excellence in humanities research by early-career researchers in New Zealand
For the encouragement of emerging social sciences research in New Zealand DR EMILY BEAUSOLEIL
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ELIZABETH MACPHERSON School of Law, University of Canterbury
School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington
RECOGNISING TO RECONCILE – UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF INDIGENOUS WATER RIGHTS
THE POWER OF LISTENING IN THE FACE OF STRUCTURAL INJUSTICE
Presented for her work on opportunities for Indigenous peoples’ water rights in laws and policies around the world. Elizabeth has been working on issues of Indigenous and environmental justice for the past fifteen years. In 2019, she released her book Indigenous Water Rights in Law and Regulation: Lessons from Comparative Experience, which is now regarded as the first comprehensive examination of laws and policies around the world that protect Indigenous peoples’ rights to use and regulate water. This book is ground-breaking in its coverage and the insights it offers into international legal and policy frameworks for Indigenous water rights.
Presented for identifying key obstacles to listening by advantaged groups and creating effective antiracism strategies. Emily’s research helps to enhance equality of voice in diverse communities by studying the conditions that underlie chronic inattention and inaction by advantaged groups, and the insights these have for designing more effective forms of civic engagement. Emily has applied her theories to develop the unique listening-based anti-racism programme ‘Tauiwi Tautoko’, co-created with ActionStation in 2018. Tauiwi Tautoko has trained and supported over 140 tauiwi non-Māori with evidencebased listening and messaging techniques to have more caring, thoughtful, and effective interactions online.
TE KŌPŪNUI MĀORI RESEARCH AWARD Recognising an innovative Māori early career researcher with a promising trajectory DR KAREN BREWER (Whakatōhea, Ngāi Te Rangi) Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland A KAUPAPA MĀORI INTERVENTION SHIFTING THE BOUNDARIES OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE THERAPY
Presented for a kaupapa Māori speech-language therapy resource for whānau with communication difficulties following stroke. The resource includes bilingual resources for therapists and whānau as well as an online course that covers health inequities faced by Māori, social determinants of health, racism, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, cultural safety, and power inherent in the therapist’s role. This course shifts the boundaries of speech-language therapy beyond traditional ‘cultural competence’ to a public health approach which focuses on the culture of speech-language therapy as a discipline and the context of Māori as Indigenous peoples in a colonised society.
PROFESSOR DAVID BILKEY CHAIR, MARSDEN FUND COUNCIL TE PŪTEA RANGAHAU A MARSDEN
Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden is delighted to have supported many of the excellent researchers recognised in this year’s Research Honours Aotearora. Fundamental `bluesky’ research is crucial to ensuring a healthy, vibrant and resilient research culture in Aotearoa, capable of addressing major societal challenges, as we have seen with the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Marsden Fund Council is particularly keen to support the development of the next generation of emerging researchers, well represented here by six awards for early career research. It is also heartening to see recognition for an increasing engagement in mātauranga Māori – an effort we commend for its potential positive impact on the under-representation of Māori in academia.
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HECTOR MEDAL For outstanding work in chemical, physical sciences, or mathematical and information sciences PROFESSOR ERIC LE RU School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington
HUMANITIES ARONUI MEDAL For research or innovative work of outstanding merit in the humanities PROFESSOR ANNIE GOLDSON
ONZM FRSNZ
Faculty of Arts, The University of Auckland
REVOLUTIONISING CHEMICAL ANALYSIS AT THE NANOSCALE
SOCIO-POLITICAL FILMMAKER TACKLING DIFFICULT ISSUES
Presented for world-leading research in analytical chemistry using surface-enhanced spectroscopies. Eric’s research is concerned with electromagnetism at the nanoscale. He is a pioneer in the research field of how electromagnetic fields are enhanced around metallic nano-objects, how this changes the interactions between molecules and materials, and how this knowledge can allow molecules to be detected by vibrational spectroscopy techniques, such as surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). This knowledge is leading to the creation of next-generation biosensors based on this new understanding in physics and chemistry.
Presented for her documentaries that explore difficult contemporary socio-political issues ranging from war, genocide, sexuality to surveillance and her influential academic work. Annie’s 26 films have attained critical and commercial success. Titles include Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web on surveillance, privacy, internet piracy and geo-political relationships, First in Family about five students who are first in whānau to enter university, The Eruption: Stories of Survivors, examining the Whakaari/White Island eruption and its aftermath, and most recently A Mild Touch of Cancer which explores the science and history of cancer immunotherapy. An accomplished scholar, Annie has pioneered Creative Practice as Research into the Academy.
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HUTTON MEDAL
MACDIARMID MEDAL
For significantly advancing understanding in animal sciences, earth sciences, or plant sciences
For outstanding scientific research that demonstrates the potential for application to human benefit
PROFESSOR RICHARD MCDOWELL
PROFESSOR MAGGIE-LEE HUCKABEE
FRSNZ
AgResearch and Our Land and Water National Science Challenge
School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing, University of Canterbury
HOW NUTRIENTS MOVE THROUGH SOIL INTO WATER
RELEARNING THE ABILITY TO SWALLOW
Presented for outstanding contributions to the knowledge of nutrient flows in soils and water, and informing farm management and environmental policy. A soil scientist, Rich is best known firstly for showing how contaminants move across land and into water, and secondly how to manage land to mitigate losses. He developed the theory about environmental phosphorus thresholds and critical source areas on farms and catchments, highlighting that most contaminants come from small areas of a farm or catchment. He has used this knowledge to inform policy and has made an immense contribution to the strategies available in New Zealand and overseas for mitigation of nutrient losses to water.
Presented for sustained excellence in translational research to improve patient outcomes, decrease healthcare costs and create innovative technologies associated with swallowing impairment. Maggie-Lee has developed a ‘therapeutic video game’ that gives biofeedback to patients to improve aspects of their swallowing after stroke, brain injury or neurological disease. Overseas patients travel to New Zealand to undergo treatment at the clinic she set up and she has a spin-off company to adapt this technology for use in the home. In addition, her simple clinical diagnosis swallowing test is now used in 13 countries and is decreasing hospital stays and chest infections.
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VIC CRONE CEO, CALLAGHAN INNOVATION, NEW ZEALAND’S INNOVATION AGENCY
New Zealand is on the cusp of an era where our world class research will be aggressively headhunted by other nations and global giants. The world is recognising that our researchers are driven by a mighty purpose. Our research is helping us make better decisions as organisations, as governments, and as individuals. Turning this research into exported products and services is healing our economy, creating many more well-paying and really cool jobs. But the last few years have been a huge wake up call for wider New Zealand in understanding Sir Paul Callaghan’s deeper vision: that alongside this, our researchers can lead solutions to some of humankind’s most complex social and environmental challenges. This research is already making a fundamental difference in our lives from reducing the impact of flooding and fires, to introducing treatments for extremely tough cancers. And the best is yet to come.
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MASON DURIE MEDAL
PICKERING MEDAL
Presented to the nation’s pre-eminent social scientist to recognise an outstanding contribution with international impact
To recognise excellence and innovation in the practical applications of technology
PROFESSOR TONY WARD
FRSNZ
PROFESSOR KEITH CAMERON ONZM FRSNZ AND PROFESSOR HONG DI ONZM FRSNZ
School of Psychology, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington
Department of Soil and Physical Sciences, Lincoln University
TRANSFORMING THE TREATMENT OF VIOLENT INDIVIDUALS
TECHNOLOGY TO TREAT DAIRY EFFLUENT
Presented for original work on treating violent individuals that has been hugely influential around the world. Tony is a clinical psychologist who has been working in the clinical and forensic field for over three decades. His preeminent research has reshaped correctional models across the globe. His work has driven substantial empirical research projects, resulting in treatment programme innovation in at least 15 countries. Tony’s pioneering research has transformed correctional rehabilitation both nationally and internationally, positioning New Zealand on the global map for forensic psychology.
Presented for inventing new technology to treat farm dairy effluent to recycle water and reduce phosphate and E.coli leaching into water. ClearTech® is a fully-automatic treatment system that uses a coagulant to produce ‘clarified water’ and ‘treated effluent’. It reduces the volume of effluent that needs to be irrigated or stored; clarifies and recycles more than 50% of the water that can be used to wash the farmyard; and reduces the risk of contamination of rivers, lakes and groundwater, reducing phosphate and E.coli leaching by over 90%.
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POU ARONUI AWARD
SCOTT MEDAL
For distinguished service to the humanities–aronui
For engineering, science and technologies work of great merit by a researcher in New Zealand
EMERITUS PROFESSOR HARRY RICKETTS
DR ZHENAN JIANG
School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington
Robinson Research Institute, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington
FROM POETRY TO PERIODICALS, KIPLING TO CRICKET – A TIRELESS SUPPORTER OF NEW ZEALAND LITERATURE
COST-EFFECTIVE SUPERCONDUCTORS
Presented for being one of the most prolific figures in New Zealand literature, as a writer, teacher, editor and promotor of local intellectual culture. At Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, Harry rapidly established himself as an engaging and popular lecturer in the English Programme. He has written over 30 books, his most notable being an internationally acclaimed biography The Unforgiving Minute: A Life of Rudyard Kipling, which positioned him as one of the world’s leading Kipling scholars. Harry has profoundly contributed to many facets of New Zealand literature and literary culture. From 1998 to 2019, he was coeditor of the quarterly New Zealand Review of Books Pukapuka Aotearoa – the only periodical dedicated to lengthy reviews of major New Zealand publications.
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Presented for global leadership in measuring and modelling the response of superconductors to applied currents and magnetic fields, thereby enabling cost-effective superconducting machines. High Temperature Superconductors (HTS) offer the promise of very low energy losses and increased power in electrical machines. However, the time-varying currents and magnetic fields typically found in these machines create electrical losses and generate excess heat, limiting commercial advantages. Zhenan has developed the demanding measurement techniques required to understand the relationships between losses and fields, computational modelling to allow its prediction, and engineering methodologies to support its application. His work is allowing improvements to high-speed trains, aircraft motors and wind power generation.
TE RANGI HIROA MEDAL
THOMSON MEDAL
Social science award for excellence in social history, cultural diversity, socioeconomics or medical anthropology
For outstanding contributions to the organisation, support, and application of science, technology or the humanities
PROFESSOR LINDA WAIMARIE NIKORA
PROFESSOR GARY WILSON
FRSNZ
(Te Aitanga a Hauiti, Ngāi Tūhoe) Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Te Wānanga o Waipapa The University of Auckland
GNS Science
DECOLONISING THE ACADEMY AND CREATING SPACE FOR MĀORI
Presented for leadership in developing New Zealand’s international profile in Antarctic research. Through his roles as Director of the New Zealand Antarctic Research Institute, Chief Scientific Advisor at Antarctica New Zealand and the New Zealand delegate to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Gary has provided important and strategic leadership for the New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme. These programmes have supported more than 100 New Zealand researchers and research students to conduct research in many frontier areas and present their findings at the highest international level. Through representation at international fora, Gary has helped develop collaborations with Antarctic programmes in South Korea, Italy, Germany, Chile, Australia, South Africa and China.
Presented for transforming Psychology for Māori and Aotearoa by indigenising the discipline, and for enduring contributions to shaping the foundations for promising and flourishing futures for all New Zealanders. Linda’s first notable achievement was championing for recognition of the Treaty of Waitangi responsibilities into the New Zealand Psychological Society, which led to the establishment of the National Standing Committee on Bicultural Issues. Among many firsts, Linda became the first Māori Professor of Psychology while at the University of Waikato, where she co-developed the Māori and Psychology Unit, central to the rise of mātauranga Māori-focused research. Linda is committed to reshaping her discipline and creating space for Māori academics, researchers and students at the Academy.
LEADERSHIP FOR NEW ZEALAND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH
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HEALTH RESEARCH COUNCIL LILEY MEDAL For published research that makes a significant contribution to health and medical sciences
PROFESSOR SUNNY COLLINGS HEALTH RESEARCH COUNCIL OF NEW ZEALAND CHIEF EXECUTIVE
This year, the impact of health research has never been more evident as we have relied on the scientific advice of our talented pool of experts to help guide us through the COVID-19 pandemic. The Health Research Council is committed to supporting and growing a diverse health research workforce whose research can help Aotearoa New Zealand meet current and future health challenges and advance the health of Māori and Pacific peoples and other groups who experience health inequity. We are proud to partner with the Royal Society Te Apārangi to celebrate the significant achievements of some of our country’s outstanding researchers.
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DR SARAH JEFFERIES AND TEAM The Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) et al Presented for the landmark Lancet Public Health paper analysing the impact of New Zealand’s response to the first wave of COVID-19 in New Zealand. This worldleading study assessed the impacts of nationwide non-pharmaceutical interventions in the attainment of an explicit goal of COVID-19 elimination. The study has contributed to New Zealand’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic and provided the international community with proof of how a stringent, evidence-informed nationwide public health response led to a low burden of COVID-19 relative to other countries and its initial elimination before the availability of an effective vaccine.
HEALTH RESEARCH COUNCIL BEAVEN MEDAL
HEALTH RESEARCH COUNCIL TE TOHU RAPUORA AWARD
For excellence in translational health research
For outstanding leadership and contribution to Māori health
PROFESSOR LESLEY MCCOWAN AND TEAM
CNZM
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland Presented for research which identified that pregnant women who went to sleep lying on their backs had an increased risk of stillbirth after 28 weeks of pregnancy, and for the subsequent development of a national public awareness campaign to get pregnant women sleeping on their side to reduce this risk. Their worldfirst physiological and imaging studies provide a likely explanation for the increased stillbirths, showing lower oxygen transfer through the placenta to baby when mothers lie on their back compared to the left side. Their research and public awareness campaign may have contributed to the recent decrease in late stillbirths in New Zealand.
DR AMOHIA BOULTON (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngai te Rangi, Ngāti Mutunga, Te Āti Awa o te Waka a Māui) Whakauae Research Services Presented for outstanding leadership and contribution that has helped advance Māori health services in Aotearoa. Amohia is current director of New Zealand’s only iwi-led and mandated health research centre, Whakauae Research for Māori Health and Development (Whakauae) in Whanganui. She is a passionate advocate for Māori-led solutions and leadership to achieve equitable health outcomes for Māori and works tirelessly to support the growth and development of the Māori research workforce nationally. Amohia is currently leading a $5 million HRC Programme grant at Whakauae to explore the change that can occur when Māori have a greater role in health decision-making and the opportunity to work in authentic partnerships.
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TE RANGAUNUA HIRANGA MĀORI AWARD Recognises excellent, innovative co-created research, conducted by Māori, that has made a distinctive contribution to community wellbeing and development in Aotearoa
Imagining Decolonised Cities Team ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OCEAN MERCIER
JENNIE SMEATON
(Ngāti Porou) Te Kawa a Māui (Māori Studies) Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington
(Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Tama me Ngāti Mutunga)
DR AMANDA THOMAS
DR MIKE ROSS
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Studies Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington
(Ngāti Hauā) Te Kawa a Māui (Māori Studies) Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington
DR MOANA JACKSON
BIANCA ELKINGTON (Ngāti Toa)
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(Ngāti Kahungungu, Ngāti Porou, Rongomaiwahine)
DR REBECCA KIDDLE (Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi) School of Architecture Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington
WHAT DECOLONISATION MIGHT MEAN FOR AOTEAROA’S TOWNS AND CITIES
Presented for innovative combining of decolonial scholarship with urbanism practice and engaging rangatahi students as mātauranga co-producers. Imagining Decolonisation began by exploring what decolonisation might mean for Aotearoa’s towns and cities. The work of the team has led to clear and thoughtful discussions of what decolonisation could look like and has moved society to rethink curriculums, admissions practices, teaching practices, and how to better serve our community. The interdisciplinary collaboration between iwi and university researchers alongside rangatahi has ensured that the work is relevant and accessible to whānau, hapū and Māori communities.
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RUTHERFORD MEDAL Recognising preeminent research, scholarship or innovation contributing to the advancement of knowledge, in science, technology or humanities, for the benefit of New Zealand society DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR PHILIPPA HOWDEN-CHAPMAN CNZM QSO FRSNZ and HE KĀINGA ORANGA/HOUSING AND HEALTH RESEARCH PROGRAMME, including: PROFESSOR JULIAN CRANE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MICHAEL KEALL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NEVIL PIERSE
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IMPACT OF HOUSING ON HEALTH
Presented for ground breaking research that has quantified the effects of housing interventions on occupants’ health and wellbeing, and informed legislation and policy. Under Philippa’s inspirational leadership, He Kāinga Oranga’s research has shown how straightforward housing improvements to cold, damp and unsafe conditions can significantly reduce rates of infectious, respiratory and cardiovascular disease and deaths, particularly for children and older people. This research has influenced public policy innovation and implementation, including the Winter Fuel Payment and the Healthy Homes Guarantee Act, which requires all landlords to meet the World Health Organization’s Housing and Health Guidelines, developed by a WHO International Committee chaired by Philippa. The team’s work has assessed many aspects of housing and health including the benefits of insulation and heating to health, the harmful effects of unflued gas heaters, how to modify the home to reduce injuries from falls, warm homes and the elderly, impact of household mould on asthma and viral infections, interventions to allow parents to keep their newborns warm, programmes to offer housing interventions where a child becomes ill from a housing-related illness, and the impact and possible solutions for homelessness. Philippa is now a director of Kāinga Ora-Homes and Communities, New Zealand’s largest Crown company, charged with improving the quantity, quality and sustainability of public housing and creating communities.
PAUL STOCKS DEPUTY SECRETARY LABOUR, SCIENCE AND ENTERPRISE MINISTRY FOR BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT
It is my pleasure to congratulate the winners of the Research Honours Aotearoa 2021. This year’s winners have shown remarkable levels of initiative, dedication and rigour to achieve excellence in their field. While their work is wide-ranging and encompasses various disciplines, they all share a strong sense of purpose in that their research can make a difference to the lives of so many.
Science is critical to addressing some of the biggest challenges facing Aotearoa New Zealand, and to do that we need new ideas, innovations and ways of looking at the world. The research excellence exemplified by these awards puts us in good stead for taking on those challenges.
All the winners should be extremely proud of their achievements. Ka rawe!
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TĒNĀ KOUTOU The integrity and resilience of our research community has rarely been tested as much as in these challenging times. We thank all those who continue to strive to keep our communities healthy and safe - those who are publicly recognised for their expert advice and communication, and the many working tirelessly behind the scenes on issues such as health policy, biosecurity, genomic tracing and the mobilisation of the vaccine programme across Aotearoa New Zealand. It has been a hard year for many, including our researchers and academics who have had to adapt to pared-back organisational budgets, closed borders, recruitment challenges and the disruption this has wrought across all aspects of their work. It is encouraging to see so many finding new ways to thrive and continue the progression of their research without compromise to their intent. Against this backdrop, announcing the Research Honours Aotearoa 2021 winners is a timely reminder to celebrate the immense difference that New Zealanders can make through passion and resolve in their area of expertise.
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Our highest accolade, the Rutherford Medal, recognises an exceptional contribution to the advancement and promotion of knowledge for the benefit of New Zealand society. This year, it is awarded to Philippa Howden-Chapman and her team from University of Otago, Wellington. Philippa’s inspirational leadership and the team’s groundbreaking research on the impact of housing on health is driving policy changes that are improving the lives of many New Zealanders. We congratulate all the Research Honours Aotearoa winners recognised for achieving excellence in research, scholarship, mātauranga, and innovation, or who have made a significant contribution to Aotearoa through their research and career. We also acknowledge all the colleagues and whānau of the winners for supporting their mahi. Finally, we acknowledge the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, the Health Research Council of New Zealand, Callaghan Innovation, and Marsden Fund Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden, our Kaurangi and Īnanga partners, for their continued support.
DR BRENT CLOTHIER FRSNZ PRESIDENT, ROYAL SOCIETY TE APĀRANGI
Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini. Success is not individual but collective.
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