I was privileged enough to be leading a team of fantastic researchers, who made an important contribution to the country, so it s quite humbling to have been recognised with this honour, he said.
Hendy said his team of researchers were under time pressure earlier this year to produce models to advise the government and he is pleased with the outcome. In March everything was really uncertain and we had to work really rapidly and a lot of long days to get the models ready. We knew the government would need it to be able to start thinking about relaxing alert levels once elimination has been achieved. that was a special achievement, he said.
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From culling wild goats to decimating invasive river weed, one Kiwi is combining his passion for the land with hard graft and te ao Māori.
Thomas (Tame) Malcolm is dubbed a biosecurity champion, and he has earned that description at just 33 years of age.
Hailing from Rotorua, Tame, of Te Arawa, has more than a decade’s experience in environmental management, spanning Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Canterbury and Marlborough.
“We feel the loss of Professor Flynn very keenly. He was . a giant amongst scholars. “His work was highly cited across a number of disciplines, his research made a real difference in the world, and his ideas had an immense reach – from high school classrooms to the frontiers of social science research. “He was an iconic figure around our campus and there will never be another like him.”
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Jim Flynn was profiled in several high profile international publications. Otago University head of psychology department Jamin Halberstadt said he had worked with Flynn for more than 20 years and described him as an “intellectual titan”.