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The annual Engineering Excellence Awards took place last night in Wellington, in what proved to be a very entertaining (and quite educational) evening.
The awards were set up in 2005 as a way to recognise, and reward, the engineering achievements of both people and organisations in New Zealand.  They are split into two primary groups:

Product and [...]

Eloise Gibson of the New Zealand Herald and Kiran Chug of the Dominion Post report on the top science award given to NZ scientist Professor Peter Hunter at the Royal Society’s annual Science Honours Dinner.
The Rutherford Medal, which comes with $100,000 in prize money,is the country’s top science award, and was given to Professor Hunter [...]

Anthony Doesburg, of the New Zealand Herald, writes about a report released last month by the British Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), a large, and venerable, organisation. The report proposed three new ways of postponing the effects of climate change: artificial trees, incorporating photobioreactors into building structures, and solar radiation management.
An excerpt: (read in full [...]