Canterbury leads the country with 97 per cent single-dose vaccinated
The region has turned around its lagging vaccination rates to share the top spot with Capital and Coast health board.
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The region has turned around its lagging vaccination rates to share the top spot with Capital and Coast health board.
Still, health workers are adamant and determined to reach the unvaccinated with phone calls and mobile clinics.
A growing number of suburbs break the 90 per cent mark for the first dose, though rates in east Christchurch remain a work in progress.
Many in Waimakariri aren't sure why local vaccination numbers are lagging, but belief in conspiracy theories and laxity are likely culprits.
Cut off from Lees Valley after the only road was wiped out in the Canterbury floods, farmer Rob Tucker returned by helicopter to discover his home had flooded.