About the Royal Society of New Zealand

The Royal Society of New Zealand is an independent, non-government organisation instituted under an Act of Parliament with the objective of advancing and promoting science and technology.

We have a membership of over 1500 individual scientists and technologists as well as about 50 constituent organisations, are the Academy of Sciences for New Zealand, and promote science and technology through:

• Communication of scientific and technological issues to the public

• Celebration of science and technology

• Education programmes for primary and secondary school students and teachers

• Provision of advice to government to promote evidence-based policy and,

• Administration of government research funds (for research of excellence in New Zealand as well as international collaborations).

We manage the National Waterways Project which supports teachers in involving their students in monitoring the quality of their local waterway and taking action to restore it.

Many of our NZ Science, Mathematics and Technology Teacher Fellows are engaged in environmental work during the term of their Fellowship, and we encourage students to use their environment as the context for their work for CREST Awards or science and technology fairs.