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Defying the experts, loving to the max

Liane

Topham-Kindley

liane@nzdoctor.co.nz

Wednesday 20 September 2017, 12:07 PM

Buzz Burrell with daughter Poppy

Blenheim GP Buzz Boothman-Burrell is an ebullient, effervescent enthusiast who deals with people’s health on a daily basis, but he faces one of his toughest health challenges within his own family. Liane Topham-Kindley visits Buzz at home in the Wairau Valley to hear Poppy’s story

To Buzz Boothman-Burrell and his wife, Lauren, their daughter Poppy is one in a million. However, until she was 10 years old they didn’t realise she i

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