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On the front line

Annaliese Cooper
Early-career pharmacist Annaliese Cooper arrived in Rarotonga in February 2022 after being awarded the Canterbury/ West Coast Intern of the Year by the Pharmaceutical Society in 2019 [Image - Supplied]

Being stranded on a remote tropical island and stepping in as the chief pharmacist for an entire country are just some of early-career pharmacist Annaliese Cooper’s adventures. She shares them with Paulette Crowley

Annaliese Cooper moved to Rarotonga in 2022, where she works in the local hospital. An early-career pharmacist, she graduated from the Otago School of