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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
Wednesday 18 November 2020, 02:40 AM

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
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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