Otago strike bowler Neil Wagner and retiring Sparks spinner
Tanya Morrison won the major prizes at the Otago Cricket
Association awards at the University Oval last night.
University of Otago scientist Prof Richard Cannon, whose
internationally known work is helping counter
life-threatening fungal infections, has received the Sir John
Walsh Research Award.
Three science and technology secondary school pupils from the
Southern region won international travel prizes and big cash
scholarships at the Genesis Energy Realise the Dream Awards
at Government House, in Wellington, last night.
Canterbury District Health Board chief executive David Meates
has been awarded the New Zealand Medical Association's
highest honour for his work leading the board in the
aftermath of February's earthquake.
University of Otago
Prof Allan Herbison, an internationally leading researcher
into how the brain controls fertility, has been awarded the
university's highest research honour, the Distinguished
Research Medal.
Queenstown and Te Anau-based tourism company Southern
Discoveries has been named Operator of the Year 2011 by the
Inbound Tour Operators Council (ITOC).
