My return to Rēkohu

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My return to Rēkohu

Barbara Docherty

Barbara Docherty

Barbara Docherty 1973
Barbara Docherty in 1973 holding flowers on the way to open a new church on Pitt Island. With her is then prime minister Norman Kirk who sought her help for his cellulitis

Nurse educator Barbara Docherty visits the Chatham Islands, many years after a nursing stretch in 1973

My first thought on my recent return to the Chatham Islands – Rēkohu – was about the freedom of flying into COVID-free islands. Not a single case has