Awards and Honours
Doctor earns kudos for earthquake work
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wo Townsville doctors have been presented with an award for their work in Christchuch following last year's devastating earthquake. Townsville Hospital doctors Brett Hoggard (1985-1989) [right] and Peter Aitken [left] were among 24 medical, nursing and other health professionals who were deployed to Christchurch following the earthquake in February last year. Brett said: that it was three months of interesting times for him, after just returning from London. He was also involved in the Brisbane flood response, Cyclone Yasi, coordinating the evacuation of Cairns Base Hospital and on the first helicopter into cyclone area to evacuate critical patients. Then part of AusaMAT team into Christchurch.
The team set up and managed a 75-bed medical facility in the grounds at a stadium in east Christchurch, an area which had been severely
Recognition for Cycling Contribution
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n a timely celebration of Volunteer Awareness Week, Alan Rice (1944-1947), was awarded the Wellington Community Trust Lifetime Contribution Award for services to cycling. Alan has been actively involved with the sport of cycling since 1948, and has been a stalwart of the Wellington Centre and PNP Club for many years, as well as the NZ Amateur Cycling Association. During the late ‘60s and 70s, Alan spent time as Secretary for the New Plymouth and Port Nicholson clubs, was a delegate on their respective Centre committees, and was on the organising committee of the national track championships, and a team official at the 1970 Commonwealth Games.
Since his return from an overseas work assignment in 1978 Alan has been the mainstay behind the local Port Nicholson Poneke Cycling Club in Wellington. Throughout the late 80’s and early 90’s when cycling in Wellington suffered from a lack of volunteers and officials, Alan was not only Treasurer, but also race manager. In 2008 Alan was made Life Member of Cycling NZ.
ONZM for Services to Maori
affected by the disaster. The team treated 642 patients in the seven days the clinic was open, as aftershocks continued to shake the town. They assisted the CDHB to ensure the city's health services could meet demand, despite being hampered by sewerage, water and electricity problems. Surgeons, anaesthetists and intensive care specialists provided support to colleagues at the Christchurch Hospital, with emergency physicians and nurses performing shifts to help with the workload. Queensland Health director general, Dr Tony O'Connell said the work this team undertook in the face of very confronting scenes was remarkable, and the award showed how much their help meant to their colleagues and Christchurch residents.
ONZM for Services to Corporate Governance
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ongratulations to Richard Waddel (19541958) for services to corporate governance.
Richard has held a number of governance positions in infrastructure, health, the arts, sport and education in both Canterbury and Auckland. Richard was also the Chair of the Aotea Centre Board of Management, and served three terms as the Chair of the Auckland Festival Trust. He was a member of the Foundation for the School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Auckland and the Director of the Environmental Defence Society. He was the Vice-President of the Wellington Rugby Football Union, and is a life member of the Old Boys University Rugby Club, Wellington. Richard was Ernst & Young’s Chief Executive from 1986 to 1995, and was a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Directors.
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ongratulations to Russell Feist (1947-1951) who received an ONZM for Services to Māori in the New Year Honours.
A foundation partner at Tripe Matthews & Feist since 1968, Russell has worked for many years with Tuwharetoa and was instrumental in establishing the Lake Taupo Forest Trust and in negotiations for the return of the title of Lake Taupo to Tuwharetoa.
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