Covid-19 and the Chathams: Vaccinating NZ's most isolated community

From Checkpoint, 5:25 pm on 1 July 2021

The programme to vaccinate some of the most isolated New Zealanders kicked into fifth gear today.

A steady stream of Chatham Islanders have been making their way to the small medical centre in the town of Waitangi to get their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.

Matthew Theunissen has been visiting the islands to find out about the extremely challenging vaccine rollout.

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