The Cook Islands' Covid-19 vaccination programme is now in full swing with up to 600 people receiving the first Pfizer jab today.
But it may be a challenge, with some of the 10,000 eligible Cook Islanders saying they want more answers about the vaccine before taking it.
That's despite a months-long campaign by health officials to get citizens onboard.
Checkpoint reporter Nick Truebridge and cameraman Nate McKinnon have the story.
Covid-19 vaccine priority groups, including border workers and the elderly, have been arriving at Rarotonga Hospital in droves.
"Bang baby, done! All good," aunty Lydia Nga told Checkpoint, after receiving her first shot of the Pfizer vaccine.
She was at the hospital supporting fellow Cook Islanders as they wait for their vaccination turn.
"Please come on board and do the vaccine. Take the vaccine, it's for your good benefit and your whole family," she said.
The hospital is taking up to 600 people a day at the moment for vaccinations. The Cook Islands government says it is hoping to have all eligible people fully vaccinated by the end of July or early August.
The vaccination process so far has been efficient - taking barely 25 minutes for each person.
People here say they are getting the jab to protect their families, while others are anxious more tourists potentially means more Covid-19.
"We don't know when the coronavirus will be here. I'm pretty sure it will be here because now the tourists are starting to come… Then we wait for the virus," one man said.
However, health authorities may face challenges in getting everyone onboard with the Pfizer vaccine.
At a supermarket in Avarua, some locals told Checkpoint they were "not too sure" about the vaccine, and still had questions.
But most said they will be heading the hospital or their doctor for the vaccination when their turn comes.
"Yes, so no-one will get infected on our small island," one woman said.
"I was a public health nurse for 20 years, so I am as pro-vaccine as you can get," another said.
"I'm sure there's some still in doubt about the vaccine, but for me, I'm still here this morning, I took my one last night. There has been no side effects," Secretary of Health Bob Williams told Checkpoint.
He said officials had spent two months in villages raising awareness about the importance of Covid-19 vaccinations.
Williams was the first person in the Cook Islands to get the jab after it arrived, along with 297 passengers from New Zealand, on Monday's first bubble flight.
"They're doing our Members of Parliament this morning, the leaders of the our Religious Advisory Council and our traditional leaders. That's putting our leadership in the front, taking the lead with the whole vaccination, which is very important for our population."
Williams said planes and New Zealand Defence Force vessels would be called upon to transport vaccines to the Cooks' outer islands.
He emphasised that there had been no serious side effects from the vaccine reported in either the Cook Islands or New Zealand.
As for the needle, Williams said he did not feel a thing.
