Royal Society of New Zealand Wellington Branch

Royal Society of New Zealand Wellington Branch The Branch was formed in 1851 as the New Zealand Society, one of the oldest scientific organisations in New Zealand.

We support science, technology and the humanities in the Wellington region of Aotearoa New Zealand. The aim of the Royal Society of New Zealand Wellington Branch is to publicise science and technology and provide interesting and topical talks for our members and the public. All our talks are free and the public are invited to attend. We provide:

- Several public lectures each year.

- Two series

of monthly presentation and discussion sessions in Café Scientifique style, one series in Lower Hutt and the other in Wellington.

-Assistance with the NIWA Wellington Science & Technology Fair which includes a RSNZ Wellington Branch Special Prize.

- Our website, in which we detail our activities and the upcoming public lectures and café sessions we are involved with.

- A monthly newsletter promoting events relating to or organized by the Branch, for which details are available at the time of printing.

- Financial assistance to the Glean Report Wellington about upcoming seminars and other science-related events in Wellington.

- Four travel scholarships a year to local postgraduate students to assist with their attendance at local and international conferences

15/04/2026
THis interaction between Wikipedia editors and an AI Bot raises numerous "red flags"! As they point out at the end. When...
06/04/2026

THis interaction between Wikipedia editors and an AI Bot raises numerous "red flags"! As they point out at the end. When are we going to see online abuse arising from a disgruntled Bot?

An AI agent was banned from editing Wikipedia pages... and that's when things got weird, with the agent publishing its complaints publicly.

Congratulations to our President, David Lillis!
22/08/2025

Congratulations to our President, David Lillis!

Nine new Companions—Ngā Takahoa a Te Apārangi—of Royal Society Te Apārangi have been elected for their decades-long commitment to their fields.

This will be a major reshuffle of the Government owned Research organisations.
22/08/2025

This will be a major reshuffle of the Government owned Research organisations.

Scientists are hopeful a supercharged weather forecaster will be one of the winners in the biggest overhaul of the science sector in 30 years.

Magnetic storm 8pm Wellington south coast New Zealand. For some reason if I load the original image, facebook send it ar...
25/03/2024

Magnetic storm 8pm Wellington south coast New Zealand. For some reason if I load the original image, facebook send it around as a black screen.

This may be of interest, if only because it mentions ways that Facebook circumvents Apple tracking security.
08/01/2024

This may be of interest, if only because it mentions ways that Facebook circumvents Apple tracking security.

Facebook has announced it will roll out a new option called Link History to mobile users around the world. What does that mean?

HELP! Taxonomy under threat. Please add your name?
02/01/2024

HELP! Taxonomy under threat. Please add your name?

PDF | The fundamental value of universal nomenclatural systems in biology is that they have enabled unambiguous scientific communication. However, the... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

Science Fraud is a multi-billion dollar industry. In many countries there are watchdogs, but not in Australasia (yet).
17/11/2023

Science Fraud is a multi-billion dollar industry. In many countries there are watchdogs, but not in Australasia (yet).

The Australia Institute is calling for the establishment of an independent research integrity watchdog, with a new report raising serious concerns about research misconduct, including data fabrication, falsification and plagiarism.

09/03/2023

For those of you who saw the article on ChatGPT and leydig cells in the Newsletter, you may be interested in: Alkaissi H, McFarlane S I (February 19, 2023) Artificial Hallucinations in ChatGPT: Implications in Scientific Writing. Cureus 15(2): e35179. doi:10.7759/cureus.35179
It seems ChatGPT can be useful, may uncover links in literature that are not obvious - but is prone to making stuff up (like references). It can also trip plagiarism monitors.

18/05/2020

Victoria University entomologist Phil Lester is investigating the prevalence of a disease affecting monarch butterflies - and he's enlisting the help of citizen scientists.The disease, caused by a protozoan parasite Ophryocystis elektroscirrha or OE, is causing deformed wings in Monarchs. To help fi...

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