In memoriam: A Cook Island hero, GP, community man, researcher and dad

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In memoriam: A Cook Island hero, GP, community man, researcher and dad

Joe Williams memorial
Cook Island leaders and community members put their hearts and souls into paying their respects to a man hailed as a hero to his people, GP and former Cook Island prime minister ‘Papa’ Joe Williams who died of COVID-19 on 4 September in A

Mt Wellington GP Joe Williams died on 4 September after contracting COVID-19. Alan Perrott was at the memorial service for the man affectionately known as Papa Joe

After all the high-minded tributes from church ministers and politicians, it was the heartfelt words of Papa Joe’s daughter that wrenched the focus ba