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American Association for the Advancement of Science-
- Association for Women in the Sciences NZ (AWIS)
- Created to encourage women to use and develop their scientific abilities and achieve their full potential.
- Brian Mason Scientific & Technical Trust
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for the advancement of scientific and technical objectives in Canterbury and Westland,new zealand
- Entomological Society of New Zealand
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- Federation of American Scientists
- The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) was founded in 1945 by scientists who had worked on the Manhattan Project to develop the first atomic bombs. These scientists recognized that science had become central to many key public policy questions. They believed that scientists had a unique responsibility to both warn the public and policy leaders of potential dangers from scientific and technical advances and to show how good policy could increase the benefits of new scientific knowledge.
- Geological Society of New Zealand
- Aims to encourage the advancement of geology in New Zealand.
- International Whaling Commission (IWC)
- Set up under the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, 1946. Aims to provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry.
- New Zealand Association of Science Educators
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- New Zealand Association of Scientists
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- New Zealand Geographical Society
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- New Zealand Geophysical Society
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- New Zealand Hydrological Society
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- New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (NZIC)
- The New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (NZIC) represents some 1000 members involved in the profession of chemistry. Members participate in the study, practice, teaching, promotion and management of chemistry.
- New Zealand Institute of Physics
- The New Zealand Institute of Physics is the institute for professional physicists. Members include: college teachers, university lecturers, students studying to be physicists, CRI scientists, industry scientists, etc.
- New Zealand Limnological Society
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- New Zealand Marine Sciences Society
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- New Zealand Microbiological Society
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- The Royal Society
- the independent scientific academy of the UK, dedicated to promoting excellence in science.
- Royal Society of Canada
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- Royal Society of New Zealand
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