Te Tairawhiti is racing to speed up its lagging vaccination rates as Covid cases spread across the motu.
The rohe has climbed up a spot to the second lowest first dose vaccination rate in the country, and today the Prime Minister was in Gisborne to try to boost numbers.
The region's big summer drawcard, Rhythm and Vines, hangs in the balance if it can't hit 90 percent. Health teams are doing all they can to get everyone across the line.
Our reporter Tom Kitchin filed this story.
