Yesterday the five recipients of the prestigious Prime Minister’s Science Prizes were announced at an award ceremony held at Parliament, attended by Prime Minister Bill English and Science and Innovation Minister Paul Goldsmith, together with two hundred guests.

  • The Prime Minister’s Future Scientist Prize was awarded to Former Onslow College pupil Catherine Pot. Read more…
  • The Prime Minister’s Science Communication Prize was awarded to Dr Rebecca Priestley, writer and senior lecturer in the Science in Society Group at Victoria University of Wellington. Read more…
  • The Prime Minister’s Science Teacher Prize was awarded to Dianne Christenson, a primary school teacher from Koraunui Primary School in Lower Hutt. Read more…
  • The Prime Minister’s MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize was awarded to Professor Brendon Bradley, from the University of Canterbury. Read more…
  • Professor Richie Poulton FRSNZ, of the University of Otago, along with key team members Terri Moffitt, Murray Thomson, Jonathan Broadbent, Avshalom Caspi, Bob Hancox, Malcolm Sears, Nigel Dickson, Jennie Connor and Joanne Baxter, has taken the top honour of winning the 2016 Prime Minister’s Science Prize for the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Study. Read more…

Find more information on The Prime Minister’s Science Prizes.

(L-R) Dianne Christenson, Science & Innovation Minister Paul Goldsmith, Dr Rebecca Priestley, The Prime Minister Hon. Bill English, Professor Brendon Bradley, Catherine Pott and Professor Richie Poulton
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND – March 21: Prime Ministers Science Prizes March 21, 2017 Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Mark Tantrum / http://marktantrum.com)