Skip to main content

Story: Research institutions

Royal Society of New Zealand

The Royal Society of New Zealand functions as a national academy for the sciences, technology and the humanities. It publishes eight journals concerned with both general and specific aspects of New Zealand science.

Using this item

Royal Society of New Zealand

Photographers: (3) Mark Goodwin; (5) Warwick Lyon; (6) J. Rolfe; (7) Ewan Fordyce; (8) Imogen Bassett

Permission of the Royal Society of New Zealand must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

All images & media in this story

How to cite this page

Simon Nathan, Research institutions – Scientific societies and museums, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/44995/royal-society-of-new-zealand (accessed 30 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 10 April 2014, updated 7 May 2026.