Thomson Medal (Royal Society of New Zealand) explained

The Thomson Medal is a medal awarded annually since 1984 by the Royal Society of New Zealand for 'organisation, support and application of science and/or technology and/or the humanities in New Zealand.'^[1]

Past winners

Past winners were:^[2]

• 1985 Alan Mackney
• 1986 Colin Maiden
• 1987 Ian Baumgart
• 1988 Jim Hodge
• 1989 Angus Tait
• 1992 Mike Collins
• 1994 Don Llewellyn
• 1996 Richard Sadleir
• 1998 Jim Johnston
• 2000 Robert Anderson
• 2004 John Ayers
• 2006 John Hay
• 2007 John Alexander Kernohan
• 2008 Andy West
• 2009 Richard Garland
• 2010 Shaun Coffey
• 2011 Neville Jordan
• 2012 Richard Furneaux
• 2013 Peter Lee
• 2014 Rob Murdoch
• 2015 Richard Blaikie
• 2016 Bruce Campbell
• 2017 Charles Eason
• 2018 Carolyn Burns
• 2019 Timothy Haskell
• 2020 John Caradus
• 2021 Gary Wilson
• 2022 David Hutchinson^[3]
• 2023 Nicola Gaston^[4]

References

• Book: Who's Who in New Zealand, 1991 . Lambert . Max . 1991 . 12th . Octopus . Auckland. 9780790001302.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Thomson Medal. Royal Society Te Apārangi.
2. Web site: Recipients . . 6 June 2022.
3. Web site: The Dunedin Study wins Rutherford Medal and other Research Honours Aotearoa winners celebrated in Ōtepoti Dunedin . 2022-11-16 . Royal Society Te Apārangi.
4. News: Jamie Morton . 2023-11-09 . ‘Tenacious boldness’: Top honour for change-making NZ scientist . en-NZ . NZ Herald . 2023-11-08.