News Source: Xtra News
| 22 days ago
Tributes have flowed for medical professor Sir Don Beaven after the 84-year-old was killed in a house fire on Banks Peninsula yesterday. Sir Don, a pioneer in major developments in diabetes treatment and prevention, was alone at his bach in the beach...
News Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
| 22 days ago
Sir Don Beaven, at a celebration of his life in 2005. A renowned Christchurch medical professor has died in a house fire on Banks Peninsula. Sir Don Beaven, an authority on diabetes and a former chairman of the Canterbury Area Health Board, was at...
News Source: Xtra News
| 22 days ago
Tributes are flowing for the Christchurch man believed to have perished in a bach fire on Banks Peninsula. A body has been recovered from the building in Little Akaloa. Police says it is likely to be that of Sir Don Beaven, an 85-year-old doctor who...
News Source: Xtra News
| 22 days ago
The search will continue today for a body amongst the rubble of a batch in Banks Peninsula. Fire crews from around the region were called to Little Akaloa just before midday yesterday and found the building well ablaze. Senior Sergeant Stu Munro says...
News Source: Xtra News
| 22 days ago
Renowned Christchurch medical professor Sir Don Beaven is feared to have died fighting a fire at his Canterbury bach yesterday. The authority on diabetes and former chairman of the Canterbury Area Health Board was thought to have been alone at his...