Mercy Errands To
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Remote Islands
Mercy errands to out-of-the-way places in the South Pacific have been almost commonplace in recent weeks. Besides the dash made to Niue described below, others have been made to: • Mang a i a , where HMNZS "Endeavour" picked up six-year-old Ronnie Autokoturu, who had broken a thigh. The boy was taken to Rarotonga. • Tokelau Islands, where a New Zealand Air Force Sunderland air craft air dropped medical supplies to treat a serious outbreak of influenza on Fakaofo Atoll. • Nauru, where an RAAF Hercules from Richmond air base, NSW, picked up Nadine Dake, aged four, and flew her to Brisbane for treatment for a fractured spine and left leg caused by a falling tree limb.