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Passion drives healthcare in Rarotonga

Zahra

Shahtahmasebi

zshahtahmasebi@nzdoctor.co.nz

Wednesday 13 July 2022, 03:27 PM

Zahra Shahtahmasebi says her three weeks in Rarotonga was not long enough

In 2021, while working for New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa, journalist Zahra Shahtahmasebi won a national health journalism scholarship to look at the challenges facing rural health. Last month, she travelled to the Cook Islands to get started

On paper, three weeks sounds like a long time. In theory, I suppose it is. But as my second week in Rarotonga drew to a close, I was starting to feel

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