Which New Zealand-born chemist won the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Alan Heeger and Hideki Shirakawa for the discovery and development of conductive polymers?

• A Maurice Wilkins
• B Ernest Rutherford
• C Alan MacDiarmid ✓
• D Vaughan Jones

Alan MacDiarmid, born in Masterton, shared the Nobel Prize for his work on polyacetylene and other conductive organic polymers, which enabled flexible electronic displays.