Biologically-based inoculants that reduce chemical use and save the forestry industry millions have earned Dr Robert Hill the 2010 Bayer Innovators Award for Agriculture and Environment (announced 24 August 2010).

Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal has recently been appointed Director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, one of New Zealand’s eight centres of research excellence. He has also been appointed Professor of Indigenous Development in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Auckland. Charles’s appointment commenced the 1st of December 2009.
 
On the 9th of February, Charles will be formally welcomed upon Waipapa Marae, Wynyard Street, the University of Auckland.
 
The pōwhiri will commence at 10am,
 

University of Auckland chemist Associate Professor Michael Hay has become the first New Zealand scientist to receive a grant from a leading international charity for funding cancer research.

Dr Hay and his team at the University’s Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre will use the ₤137,000 ($NZ 290,000) grant from the UK-based Association for International Cancer Research (AICR) to identify molecular targets in kidney cancer tumours that will help them design more effective anticancer drugs.

Professor Hamish Spencer of the University of Otago has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand at the annual general meeting of the Society’s Academy. Academy chairperson Professor David Thorns indicated that “being elected as a Fellow is an honour given to our top scientists for showing distinction in pure or applied research or in the advancement of science and technology."