Kerri-Lee Krause has started at Avondale UC as provost. She moves there from Uni Melbourne where she was DVC Student Life.

 The NZ science award winners include; the PM’s Prize goes to the Te Pūnaha Matatini, research centre at Uni Auckland for COVID-19 modelling. The MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize winner is Christopher Cornwall (Victoria U of Wellington) for research on climate change impact on marine organisms. Michael Baker (Uni Otago) wins the Science Comms category, he was “the go-to science expert” during the pandemic. Queenstown technology teacher Sarah Washbrooke wins the teaching award.

New Austrade CEO Xavier Simonet is in-place. His appointment was announced in November. Tim Beresford has acted since Stephanie Fahey left (CMM June 15 2020).