Scion (organisation)

Scion

Scion headquarters, in Rotorua, in 2026
Agency overview
Formed1947
Preceding agency
  • New Zealand Forest Research Institute
Dissolved30 June 2025
Superseding agency
Headquarters49 Sala Street, Rotorua, New Zealand
Employees330
Agency executives
Websitewww.scionresearch.com

Scion, officially registered as New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited, was a New Zealand Crown Research Institute with its primary areas of research, science and technology development being in the areas of forestry, wood products, wood-derived materials and other biomaterials sectors. The New Zealand Government merged the institute into the New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science on 1 July 2025.