Principal Patrons

New Zealand Tourism Department
Marketing Destination New Zealand

Stout Trust
Promoting New Zealand's Heritage

Pub Charity
Hotel Industry Community Involvement

The Royal Society of London
President 1925-30 E. Rutherford

McGill University (Canada)
Site of Rutherford's Nobel Prize Research

The Government and People of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Nelson Pine Industries Ltd
Manufacturers of Medium Density Fibreboard

Honda New Zealand Ltd
Progress With Distinction

Massey University
Excellence in Education

Department of Science and Industrial Research
Making Science Work for New Zealand 1926-92

Ministry of Research, Science and Technology
Better Science for a Better New Zealand

The Institution of Electrical Engineers
Honouring a Pioneer Electrical Researcher

New Zealand Lottery Grants Board
Via the Minister for Internal Affairs

Tait Electronics
In Recognition of Achievement

Baigent Forest Industries Ltd
Radiata Pine - The Renewable Resource

Seeding Patrons

Nelson College Old Boys' Association
Nelson Building Society
New Zealand Institute of Physics
Royal Society of New Zealand
Quentin Rutherford
Tasman Electric Power Board
Nelson Historical Society
Royal Society of New Zealand - Canterbury Branch
Star and Garter Hotel (Richmond)
Hamden Hotel (Murchison)
Customhouse Hotel (Nelson)
New Zealand Institute of Chemistry
McKee Trust
New Zealand Microbiological Society
Peter and Rosemary Fowler
University Grants Committee
Kathleen Carter
Gerald Tarrant
Trinity College (Cambridge)
Osterreichsche Akademie der Wissenschaften
The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths (London)
New Zealand Historic Places Trust
British Council
Australian Institute of Physics
Australian Academy of Science
Wanganui Secondary Schools
Canadian High Commission
Vivienne Chapman
Rex and Janet Chapman
Martin and Marie Chapman
Niel and Kathleen Chapman
Air Nelson
Kelvin Chapman
Royal Society of Canada
J Fanning
Returned Services Association of New Zealand
Peter Schroeder