Cranwell Medal

• Year — Recipient — Institution — Field • 1999 — Hamish Campbell — Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences • Tim Bell — University of Canterbury • Louise Thomas — Freelance writer, Wellington • Heather Worth — University of Auckland • Tony Conner — Crop and Food Research • Allen Heath Dallas Bishop David Cole — AgResearch • Bob Brockie — Victoria University of Wellington • 2000 — Phil L'Huillier — AgResearch • Caroline Cook — Dunedin International Science Festival • 2001 — Chris De Freitas — University of Auckland — Global warming • 2002 — Jonathan Hickford — Lincoln University — Biochemistry • 2003 — Cornel de Ronde — Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences • 2004 — Peter Buchanan — Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research — Fungal systematics • 2005 — Alison Campbell Penny Cooke — University of Waikato • 2006 — Liz Carpenter — AgResearch • 2007 — Simon Pollard — Canterbury Museum — Invertebrate zoology • 2008 — Ian Spellerberg — Lincoln University • 2009 — Ian Shaw — University of Canterbury — Chemicals in food • 2010 — Marc Wilson — Victoria University of Wellington — Psychology • 2011 — Mark Quigley — University of Canterbury — Active tectonics and geomorphology • 2012 — Siouxsie Wiles — University of Auckland — Microbiology • 2013 — Simon Lamb — Victoria University of Wellington — Climate change • 2014 — Michelle Dickinson — University of Auckland — Fracture mechanics and nanotechnology • 2015 — Christopher Battershill David Schiel — University of Waikato — Coastal ecology • University of Canterbury • 2016 — Jean Fleming — University of Otago • 2017 — |Ocean Ripeka Mercier — Victoria University of Wellington • 2018 — Judith Bateup — University of Otago • 2019 — Jeanette McLeod Phil Wilson — University of Canterbury — Mathematics • 2020 — Dianne Sika-Paotonu — University of Otago — Biomedical science • 2021 — Michael Baker — University of Otago — Public health medicine • 2022 — Catriona MacLeod — Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research — Biodiversity • 2023 — Natalie Netzler Chris Puli'uvea — University of Auckland — Māori and Pacific community heath • 2024 — Colin Miskelly — Te Papa — Ornithology • 2025 — Nic Rawlence — University of Otago — Palaeontology