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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. It is awarded at the request of the New Zealand Government to recognize exceptional contributions to the advancement and promotion of public awareness, knowledge and understanding in addition to eminent research or technological practice by a person or group in any field of science, mathematics, social science, or technology. It is funded by the New Zealand government and awarded annually.

The medal is named after Ernest Rutherford, the New Zealand experimental physicist and Nobel Laureate, who pioneered the orbital theory of the atom.

Recipients

Source: Royal Society of New Zealand

New Zealand Science and Technology Gold Medal

• 1991: Vaughan Jones, mathematician, Fields medalist
• 1992: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Group Award
• 1993: Roy Kerr, mathematician
• 1994: Ian Axford, physicist
• 1995: Bill Denny, oncologist, and Auckland Cancer Research Laboratory
• 1996: No award
• 1997: Thomas William Walker, soil scientist
• 1998: Bill Robinson, seismologist
• 1999: David Vere-Jones, statistician

Rutherford Medal

• 2000: Alan MacDiarmid, chemist, Nobel Prize winner
• 2001: Peter Gluckman, biologist
• 2002: Jeff Tallon, physicist
• 2003: George Petersen, biochemist
• 2004: David Penny, theoretical biologist
• 2005: Paul Callaghan, physicist
• 2006: Ted Baker, structural biologist
• 2007: Richard Faull, neuroscientist
• 2008: David Parry, structural biophysicist
• 2009: Peter Hunter, computational bioengineer
• 2010: Warren Tate, biochemist
• 2011: Christine Winterbourn, biochemist
• 2012: Margaret Brimble, chemist
• 2013: Anne Salmond, social scientist
• 2014: Peter Schwerdtfeger, theoretical chemist and physicist
• 2015: Ian Reid, osteologist
• 2016: Michael Corballis, psychologist
• 2017: Colin Wilson, volcanologist
• 2018: Rod Downey, mathematician
• 2019: Jane Harding, neonatologist
• 2020: Brian Boyd, professor of literature
• 2021: Philippa Howden-Chapman, healthy housing researcher and her team
• 2022: The Dunedin Study, led by Richie Poulton, with team members Murray Thomson, Terrie Moffitt and Avshalom Caspi.
• 2023: Linda Tuhiwai Smith
• 2024: Richard Beasley

See also

• Marsden Medal
• List of general science and technology awards
• List of awards named after people

References

1. Taylor, Phil (15 December 2007). "Richard Faull: Neuroscientist". The New Zealand Herald.
2. "Professor David Parry Awarded Rutherford Medal | Scoop News". Scoop.co.nz. 13 November 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
3. "Professor Warren Tate » Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago". Biochem.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
4. "11 November 2010 Media Release, University of Otago, New Zealand". Otago.ac.nz. 11 November 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
5. "Medals awarded to top New Zealand researchers". royalsociety.org.nz. 2011. Archived from the original on 28 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011. The country's highest science and technology honour, the Rutherford Medal, was awarded to biochemist Professor Christine Winterbourn FRSNZ from the University of Otago, Christchurch, for her outstanding achievements and discoveries in free radical biology which have established her as a leading world authority in this field. Together with the medal awarded by the Royal Society of New Zealand, she also received $100,000 from the Government.
6. "Royal Society of New Zealand recognises achievements of researchers". Royal Society of New Zealand. 26 November 2014. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
7. "Spotlight on top New Zealand researchers" (Press release). Royal Society of New Zealand. 10 November 2015. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
8. "2019 Rutherford Medal: Better lifelong outcomes for mothers and babies". Royal Society Te Apārangi. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
9. "Top award for making a difference in babies' lives". Radio New Zealand. 15 October 2019.
10. "Brian Boyd wins Rutherford Medal, NZ's top research honour". NZ Herald. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
11. "Influential healthy homes research recognised with top honour". NZ Herald. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
12. "The Dunedin Study wins Rutherford Medal and other Research Honours Aotearoa winners celebrated in Ōtepoti Dunedin". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
13. "Linda Tuhiwai Smith receives Rutherford Medal alongside other Research Honours Aotearoa winners". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
14. "2024 Research Honours Aotearoa event in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 5 December 2024.

External links

• Rutherford Medal, Royal Society of New Zealand
• Medals, Rutherford.org.nz by John Campbell

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