The Kudos – Hamilton Science Excellence Awards is a celebration of Waikato scientists and their world leading research and innovation. The Waikato region in the Central North Island of New Zealand is a hub of science activity, and boasts some of the nations’ leading innovation and scientific discoveries. Waikato scientists continue to lead in areas of Agriculture, Medical and Environmental research, thrusting them into the limelight at the highly sought after and now recognizably prestigious, “(the) Kudos” – Hamilton Science Excellence Awards.