{"id":7077,"date":"2026-11-01T22:07:21","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T22:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ostomyasiasouthpacific.org\/?p=7077"},"modified":"2026-11-01T22:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T22:39:00","slug":"richard-mcnair-honoured-as-archie-vinitsky-awardee-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ostomyasiasouthpacific.org\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/richard-mcnair-honoured-as-archie-vinitsky-awardee-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Mcnair Honoured as Archie Vinitsky Awardee 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7077\" class=\"elementor elementor-7077\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-255345df e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"255345df\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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elementor-element-381f2657 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"381f2657\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Richard Mcnair Honoured as Archie Vinitsky Awardee 2026<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-523c8dd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"523c8dd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71b1f818 animated-slow elementor-invisible 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This is done through the vesting of the Archie Vinitsky Award, Professional Services Award (Harikesh Buch Award) and the 20\/40 Young Adult Award (Linda Aukett Award) to deserving individuals who have tirelessly served people in their designated capacity.<\/p><p>It is the absolute privilege of the IOA representatives to celebrate the outstanding service of Richard Mcnair as recipient of the award for 2026.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4338553 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4338553\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ostomyasiasouthpacific.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Slide4.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-7080\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ostomyasiasouthpacific.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Slide4.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.ostomyasiasouthpacific.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Slide4-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-535ad52 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"535ad52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A nomination form was submitted by Ostomy New Zealand for Richard Mcnair for the ASPOA Region. There were other nominations too coming from EOA. When the final result came out as released by the lead convenor and former AV awardee as judges. 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