The Robert Falla Memorial Award (sometimes referred to as the Falla Award) is granted by the

Ornithological Society of New Zealand The Ornithological Society of New Zealand (OSNZ), also known as Birds New Zealand, is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the study of birds and their habitats in the New Zealand region. Founded in 1940, it caters to a wide variety of people in ...

to people "who have made a significant contribution to both the Ornithological Society of New Zealand and to New Zealand ornithology". It was set up in memory of

Robert Falla Sir Robert Alexander Falla (21 July 1901 – 23 February 1979) was a New Zealand museum administrator and ornithologist. Early life Falla was born in Palmerston North in 1901 to George Falla and his wife, Elizabeth Kirk. As his father was wor ...

after his death in 1979, using contributions from a public appeal. The first award was made in 1981, but for the first few years awards were made for the preceding year. In some years no award is made.

Recipients

* 1981: Ross McKenzie * 1982: Archie Blackburn * 1983: A.T. Edgar * 1984: R.B. Sibson * 1985: Maida Barlow * 1986: Peter Child (posthumous) * 1987: Peter Bull * * 1989:

Graham Turbott Evan Graham Turbott (27 May 1914 – 12 December 2014) was a New Zealand ornithologist, zoologist, and museum administrator. He served as director of the Auckland Institute and Museum from 1964 to 1979. Early life and family Born at Stanley ...

* 1990: Barrie Heather * 1992: Beth Brown * 1995: Paul Sagar * 1997: David Crockett * 1999: Hugh Robertson * * * 2011: Ralph Powlesland * * 2014: Nick Allen * * 2018: David Melville * 2019: Andrew Crossland

References

{{Reflist Ornithology awards New Zealand awards Science and technology in New Zealand

Recipients

See also

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