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A huge model ship in the waiting room of his practice in Mt Victoria, Wellington, meticulously and painstakingly put together by Lamb, is a nod to this. The scrupulousness in his work, be it treating patients directly or in his trials and research, was his trademark. Lamb’s research and trials were a defining part of his medical career. He was a founding member of the Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TTROG), working with doctors and researchers from Aotearoa and Australia to find better ways of treating cancer patients. He was involved in many trials, including two highly succes...

More trees, more residents, and a linear park are among ideas being considered as part of a 30-year-vision for Nelson’s city centre.

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Tratman Award Citations Tratman Award, 2019 The prestigious Tratman Award (in memory of E.K. Tratman, who died in 1978) is awarded annually for a caving-related, paper-based publication, to recognise excellence and encourage future improvement. It is one of the UK’s premier national caving awards, but is open to authors and publishers from Britain and Ireland. First awarded for the publications of 1979, the Tratman Award was administered by the Ghar Parau Foundation when the foundation was a sub-charity of BCRA, but since 2019 (presenting the awards of 2018) ...

Australian telco fined $39M for exploiting Indigenous folk By ROD McGUIRKMay 13, 2021 GMT CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s largest telecommunications company Telstra was fined 50 million Australian dollars ($39 million) on Thursday for unconscionable conduct in selling remote Indigenous customers mobile phone contracts that they did not understand and could not afford. The fine ordered by a Federal Court judge is the second largest ever imposed under Australian consumer law. Telstra admitted the offenses in signing up 108 Indigenous customers, some of whom spoke English as a secon...