Officers, Fellows & Honorary Members

Officers of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand - 2026 to 2028

Honorary Members

The Society may invite distinguished astronomers, not resident in New Zealand, to become Honorary Members.

Wayne Orchiston, BA (Hons), PhD (Sydney)

Gerry Gilmore, FInstP, Hon FRASNZ, FRAS, ScD, MAE, Hon FRSNZ, FRS

Thomas Richards MA(Hons VUW), DPhil(Oxon), FRAS, MASA

Presidents of RASNZ

Dr Charles Adams (1920 to 1921) Chairman of Provisional Council
Dr Charles Adams (1921 to 1923)
Hon. Sir Frederick Chapman (1924 to 1925)
Hon. Sir Francis Dillon Bell (1926 to 1927)
Rt Hon. Sir Robert Stout (1928 to 1929)
Hon. Sir Thomas Sidey (1930 to 1931)
Charlie Gifford (1932 to 1933)
John Begg (1934 to 1935)
Prof. David Florance (1936 to 1937)
Dr Charles Adams (1938 to 1939)
Murray Geddes (1940 to 1941)
Ronald McIntosh (1942 to 1943)
Dr Percival Cameron (1944 to 1945)
Herbert Huggins (1946 to 1947)
Francis Morshead (1948 to 1949)
Alan Bryce (1950 to 1951)
George Railton (1952 to 1953)
Ivan Thomsen (1954 to 1955)
Edward Morley (1956 to 1957)

Frank Clift (1958 to 1959)
Roy Christie (1960 to 1961)
Frank Clift (1962 to 1963)
Ivan Thomsen (1964 to 1965)
Frank Bateson (1966 to 1967)
George Eiby (1968 to 1969)
Prof. John Mackie (1970 to 1971)
Peter Read (1972 to 1973)
Norman Rumsey (1974 to 1975)
Jim Duthie (1976 to 1977)
Bill Allen (1978 to 1979)
Alan Gilmore (1980 to 1981)
Frank Andrews (1982 to 1983)
Ranald McIntosh (1984 to 1985)
Dr Richard Dodd (1986 to 1987)
Graham Blow (1988 to 1989)
Dennis Goodman (1990 to 1991)
Dr Peter Cottrell (1992 to 1993)
Bruce Thompson (1994 to 1996)

Alan Gilmore (1996 to 1998)
Dr Edwin Budding (1998 to 1999)
Bob Evans (2000 to 2002)
Orlon Petersen (2002 to 2004)
Brian Loader (2004 to 2006)
Dr Karen Pollard (2006 to 2008)
Dr Grant Christie (2008 to 2010)
Glen Rowe (2010 to 2012)
Gordon Hudson (2012 to 2014)
Prof. John Hearnshaw (2014 to 2016)
John Drummond (2016 to 2018)
Dr Nicholas Rattenbury (2018 to 2020)
Steve Butler (2020 to 2022)
Nalayini Davies (2022 to 2024)
Euan Mason (2024 to 2024)
Duncan Hall (2024 to 2026)
Raul Elias-Drago (2026 to current)

Secretaries of RASNZ

Prof. Duncan M.Y. Sommerville (1921 to 1923)
Dr Charles Adams (1924 to 1937)
Bruce Stonehouse (1938 to 1942, 1946 to 1947)
Maxwell S. Butterton (1943 to 1945, 1948 to 1951)
Ivan Thomsen (1952 to 1953)
Miss N.I. Jones (1954 to 1959)
K.S. Knapp (1960 to 1960)
Claude Fisk (1960 to 1963)
T.J. Tetley (1964 to 1969)
Don Cameron (1969 to 1971)

Paul Cain (1972 to 1975)
Ranald McIntosh (1975 to 1977)
Pam Kilmartin (1978 to 1980, 2002 to 2008)
Judy Parker (1980 to 1981)
Ken Morse (1982 to 1983)
Glen Rowe (1983 to 1990)
David Taylor (1990 to 1991)
Gloria Witheford (1991 to 1998)
Pauline Loader (1998 to 2002)
Brian Loader (2008 to 2010)

Dennis Goodman (2010 to 2010)
Rory O'Keefe (2010 to 2016)
Nichola Van der Aa (2016 to 2018)
Gordon Hudson (2018 to 2019)
John Drummond (2019 to 2022)
Emily Barraclough (2022 to 2023)
Ian Transom (2024 to 2024)
Raul Elias-Drago (2024 to 2024)
Penglong Zhou (2024 to current)

Treasurers of RASNZ

C.G.G. Berry (1920 to 1936)
Maxwell S. Butterton (1937 to 1943)
Miss K.H. Turner (1944 to 1945)
R.J. Owen (1946 to 1965)
Claude Fisk (1965 to 1971)

B.M. Igglesden (1972 to 1973)
Bruce Stonehouse (1973 to 1987)
Bronwen Hudson (1988 to 1991)
Brian Loader (1992 to 2004)
Pauline Loader (2004 to 2012)

Simon Lowther (2012 to 2018)
Duncan Hall (2018 to 2019)
Susan Shoebridge (2020 to 2023)
Christie Xavier (2023 to current)

Fellows of RASNZ

Frank Bateson (1963 to 2007)
Albert Jones (1963 to 2013)
Francis Morshead (1963 to 1967)
Ivan Thomsen (1963 to 1969)
John Begg (1964 to 1965)
Allan Bryce (1964 to 1970)
Colin Keay (1964 to 2015)
Ronald McIntosh (1964 to 1977)
Charles Michie (1964 to 1989)
Edward Morley (1964 to 1973)
George Eiby (1969 to 1990)
Prof. John Mackie (1969 to 2012)

Norman Rumsey (1969 to 2007)
Alan Gilmore (1975 to current)
Brian Marino (1982 to 2002)
Gary Nankivell (1982 to 2001)
Stan Walker (1982 to 2026)
Claude Fisk (1989 to 1994)
Bill Allen (1990 to 2023)
Prof. John Hearnshaw (1995 to current)
Dr Edwin Budding (1996 to current)
Dr Denis Sullivan (2002 to 2019)
Pam Kilmartin (2003 to current)
Dr Grant Christie (2005 to current)

Graham Blow (2008 to 2014)
Prof. Phil Yock (2009 to current)
Bob Evans (2011 to current)
Assoc. Prof. Karen Pollard (2014 to current)
Brian Loader (2015 to 2025)
Jennie McCormick MNZM (2016 to current)
Steve Butler (2017 to current)
John Drummond (2019 to current)
Glen Rowe (2020 to current)
Nalayini Davies (2022 to current)
Prof. Richard Easther (2023 to current)