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HDC proposes the public right to appeal its decisions after surgical mesh petition

The country’s health watchdog, the Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC), has floated big changes to how it operates, including giving people the right to...

Whakamahia tō reo! Use your voice! - Ensuring consumers are at the heart of health and disability services

The Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC) is asking all New Zealanders to have their say, in a public consultation opening this week, about their rights when using health and disability services

HDC asks to korero with Maori on hauora and whaikaha rights

Sweeping change considered by health watchdog

The country’s health watchdog, the Health and Disability Commissioner (HDC), has floated big changes to how it operates, including giving people the right

Kaitohu Matamua Māori joins HDC leadership team

Ikimoke Tamaki-Takarei has been appointed as the first Kaitohu Matamua Māori/Director Māori for the Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner, and started in the role on 2 May 2022

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Te reo Māori on the frontline of the Covid-19 pandemic

Community Scoop » COVID-19 Vaccinations Begin In Waikato

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Covid-19 vaccinators in Waikato receive first jab today

Covid-19 vaccinations have begun in Waikato, starting with the vaccinators themselves. The region will begin immunising its border workers at managed isolation MIQ facilities from Friday (File image). Photo: Supplied / Ministry of Health Aotearoa's vaccine roll-out got officially underway last week in Auckland, with about 100 vaccinators receiving their first Pfizer jab. This afternoon, 28 people received the first of their two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at a dedicated centre in Hamilton. The region will begin immunising its border workers at managed isolation (MIQ) facilities from Friday. The first stage of the vaccine rollout prioritises border workers and the managed isolation and quarantine workforce, and their household contacts.

Doing it 'for whānau': Covid-19 vaccinations begin in Waikato

"I feel quite privileged to be the first one to get the vaccine,” Tamati said. “I truly believe in immunisations, they're so important, and I feel like I'm doing my part. Immunisations are about keeping our whānau, our hapu, our iwi and our communities well, and I feel like I'm doing that today." Leanne Smith administered the first injection and says it was "quite an honour" to do it. Ministry of Health The ultra-cold freezers for storing the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine can get down to -80 degrees Celsius. "It's been such a wait for something that we've all wanted and to actually start vaccinating is exciting. I felt humbled to be asked to be the first in Waikato to give the vaccine."