Dentist Hadleigh Reid (left), with Dwayne Crombie, managing director Health Services (Bupa Dental Corp). Photo / Mark Tantrum
Whanganui district councillor and dentist Hadleigh Reid has been recognised on a national scale for the work in his field.
He received the 2020 New Zealand Dental Association Public Service Award for his prolific dental volunteerism.
Reid has worked as a volunteer dentist for the international charities Youth with a
Mission and Mercy Ships.
With Mercy Ships he has worked across Africa, including Congo, Benin, Cameroon, Guinea and Senegal. He has also helped set up clinics in several disadvantaged places in the Pacific.
He said it has been an honour to help those in need.
