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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Judith Collins presented the awards in Wellington tonight and commended the recipients for the impact of their work.
The team behind research that has saved up to 450 lives since 1995 has taken out the PM's top science prize.
Meet two winners of the 2023 Prime Ministers Science Prizes. In the wake of the 2019 Whakaari eruption, Professor Ben Kennedy engaged communities with the science of volcano hazards – mahi that earns him the 2023 Science Communication Prize. Meanwhile, Future Scientist prizewinner 17-year-old Sunny Perry has developed a helpful soil map.
Lifesaving research to prevent inherited stomach cancer and a high school student exposing soil risks in Northland are among the winners of the 2023 Prime Minister’s Science Prizes