The Royal Society of New Zealand says it is deeply saddened by the death of Sir Ian Axford, a renowned New Zealand scientist.

Outstanding Cambridge High School Year 13 student, Jake Martin, has won this year's UNESCO Senior Student Award in the national science and research, Realise the Dream competition.

Talented school students from around New Zealand were presented with awards totalling more than $30,000 on Wednesday night for science and technology research projects they had completed.

Organics Aotearoa New Zealand (OANZ) has today expressed concern at the potentially devastating impact on New Zealand's pastoral sector of proposed genetically modified clovers and ryegrasses.

Victoria University of Wellington will confer honorary degrees on a world-class chemist and an international authority on the Irish diaspora.

Professor Janis Swan of the University of Waikato has been appointed to the Marsden Fund Council, Minister of Research, Science and Technology Wayne Mapp announced today.

The Royal Society of New Zealand and Freemasons New Zealand are delighted to announce the launch of a new competition called the 'Freemasons Reel Science Film Festival'.

The Royal Society of New Zealand's President, Dr Garth Carnaby, says the comments in Prime Minister John Key's opening statement to Parliament show an "elevation in the significance of science".

The Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand has elected Dr Helen Anderson, chief executive of the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology, as a Companion.

Evolutionary geneticist Professor Paul Rainey will deliver the 2010 Skerman Lecture at the University of Queensland later this month.