A few words from…Martin London

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Martin London
Martin London at Avalanche Peak in Arthur’s Pass National Park; he also enjoys “heavy duty” gardening and live theatre [Image: Steve August]

Martin London is a semiretired rural GP locum working three days a week, mainly in Akaroa – a return to where he cut his teeth in the 1980s. He and wife Karol returned from 10 years working in South Westland to build in Little River, being nearer to a city while still rural, to grow fruit and nuts, and be closer to family and friends. For two months a year Dr London works on the Chatham Islands. In between all that, his natural habitat is in the mountains

Laughter is the best thing about my job. It’s everywhere. Among the staff, in the waiting room and somewhere in almost all patient consultations. T