Recipients of the Rutherford Medal

New Zealand chemist (1927–2007)

New Zealand mathematician and Fields Medalist (1952–2020)

New Zealand mathematician and bridge player

New Zealand physicist (1947–2012)

New Zealand professor of indigenous education

New Zealand anthropologist and historian

New Zealand chemist

Australian mathematician

New Zealand space scientist (1933-2010)

New Zealand neonatologist

German chemist (b. 1955)

scientist and seismic engineer (1938–2011)

New Zealand academic and chemist

New Zealand pathologist