Photo: NZDF / Supplied More than 8800 first doses have been administered to uniformed personnel, civilian employees, reserves and foreign military staff since March. But RNZ has learned some are refusing to take the dose. Chief of Defence Force Air Marshal Kevin Short issued a stern warning to personnel on the NZDF's internal network Friday last week - get the inoculation or face consequences. So far, about 180 people - 1.8 percent of uniformed personnel - have declined the vaccination, with hesitancy about the new vaccine being the main concern. Air Marshal Kevin Short. Photo: Supplied / New Zealand Defence Force In that communication to staff, Short said every uniformed member of the NZDF who could receive the vaccine was expected to get it.