Wairarapa

Cultural-safety education for staff and buying takeaways for patients missing out on meals were just two of the reasons a Martinborough pharmacy was recognised for excellent customer service at the Wairarapa Business Awards 2024 last week

Don Griffin, the former head of the Central Institute of Technology pharmacy school, has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours list announced last weekend

A chance discovery of an old chemist’s bottle in his childhood home led Wairarapa archivist Mark Pacey to a lifelong interest in the early days of pharmacy in Pākehā New Zealand, and now he is publishing his second book on the subject