Ian James Warrington is a New Zealand horticultural scientist and science administrator. He is a former chief executive of

HortResearch HortResearch (Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Limited; Māori: ''Rangahau Ahumāra'') was a Crown Research Institute of New Zealand. The focus of research in this company was mainly in the development of new fruit varietie ...

(now

Plant & Food Research Plant & Food Research ( Māori: Rangahau Ahumāra Kai) is a New Zealand Crown Research Institute (CRI). Its purpose is to enhance the value and productivity of New Zealand's horticultural, arable, seafood and food & beverage industries. The int ...

). He was a senior administrator at Massey University until his position was axed in a cost-saving move. Warrington earned a master's degree at Massey University in 1974 with a thesis on artificial light spectra and plant growth. Warrington received the T. K. Sidey Medal in 1984, an award set up by the

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for outstanding scientific research. In the

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, Warrington was appointed a

Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have ren ...

, for services to science.

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