The Royal Society of New Zealand was founded in 1851 and is the premier learned society in New Zealand.
It is a federation of 49 constituent scientific and technological organisations, and also several affiliate organisations, and it has individual members.
The RSNZ awards the Rutherford Medal (formerly the Gold Medal) and the Pickering Medal annually to recognise people who have made outstanding contributions to New Zealand society and culture in science, mathematics, social science, and technology. Silver and Bronze medals are also awarded.
According to the "NewZealand Official Year-Book" for 1909 (a Government publication) the total number of Catholic schools in the dominion is 152 and the number of Catholic pupils attending is 12,650.
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul was probably the earliest lay orgainzation established in newZealand, a conferrence formed at Christchurch in July, 1867, by the Rev. Fr.
The history of Catholic journalism in NewZealand is in effect the history of the "NewZealand Tablet," founded by the late Bishop Moran in 1873, the Catholics of this country having followed the principle that it is better to be represented by one strong paper than to have a multiplicity of publications.
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