a "Māori taonga in appreciation of her support and recognition of the importance of Māori aspirations in the Challenge." Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). Hyland was seconded to MBIE in 2017 as a Chief Scientist in 2017, a role in which she provided "science leadership and helped to develop national research, science and innovation strategies and policies and support their implementation." Eureka Trust Board. In 2018, Hyland was appointed as a Trustee to this organisation which aims to develop young leaders in the areas of science, technology, engineering or mathematics, who will bring about the vision of Sir Paul Callaghan to make "New Zealand, the most beautiful, stimulating and exciting place in the world in which to live." Awards and honours Hyland was jointly awarded the Light Metals Award in 2005 for co-authoring a paper Alumina Structural Hydroxyl as a Continuous Source of HF, a chapter in the publication: Light Metals (2004). In 2015, Hyland won the Pickering Medal from the Royal Society of New Zealand, 'for her pioneering work into the reduction of fluoride emissions produced by aluminium smelters worldwide.' In 2017, Hyland was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2018. Selected works References Living people New Zealand women academics University of Auckland faculty New Zealand chemists New Zealand women chemists 1960 births New Zealand women writers Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand