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
30/07/2026
Last night David Lillis presented Dr Professor John Lekner of Victoria University of Wellington was presented with the inaugural "Royal Society of New Zealand Wellington Branch Lifetime Achievement Award" for his outstanding contributions to science.
06/07/2026
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?
Wikipedia's AI agent row likely just the beginning of the bot-ocalypse An AI agent was banned from editing Wikipedia pages... and that's when things got weird, with the agent publishing its complaints publicly.