Insights

30 Nov 2021

Supporting our migrant communities in Dunedin

Kate Marshall, a COVID Immunisation Education Facilitator for the Southern Region facilitated this kōrero, sharing her knowledge and answering questions in the safe and supportive environment that English Language Partners has grown.
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News

18 Nov 2021

Younger children and COVID vaccines: 5-11 year olds

Children do get COVID-19, and we have seen much higher rates of COVID infection in children in 2021 in Aotearoa/New Zealand (NZ) than in 2020.
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News

15 Nov 2021

Helping unvaccinated staff decide to vaccinate in Aged Care Sector: Webinar

IMAC COVID Immunisation Facilitators Aimee Brass and Sally Schnauer presented a webinar to help unvaccinated staff consider vaccination.
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Webinars

15 Nov 2021

HQSC Webinar Replay: Your shot for questions: Let’s discuss the COVID-19 vaccine

IMAC COVID Facilitators Aimee Brass and Sally Schnauer present this webinar on behalf of the Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand.
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News

11 Nov 2021

Nov 2021: Pfizer booster gets Medsafe approval

This is a news story from Nov 2021, not clinical advice

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News

09 Nov 2021

New exemption process

A new COVID-19 vaccination exemptions process has now been announced by the Ministry of Health.

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News

08 Nov 2021

Vaccination of 5-11 year olds

Dr. Jin Russell, a developmental pediatrician in Auckland and a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Auckland's School of Population Health, shares some insightful information regarding the COVID-19 Delta outbreak, its impacts on children, and the value of vaccination of 5 – 11-year-olds.
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News

29 Oct 2021

Provisional approval for Pfizer vaccine extended

Medsafe has now renewed the provisional approval for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for 2 years, until 3 November 2023.

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Insights

29 Oct 2021

First national pilot of the face-to-face Immunisation support worker training

On Monday 4th of October, we had the first national pilot of the face-to-face Immunisation support worker training. 
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Webinars

04 Nov 2021

Replay: Reaching those yet to get their COVID-19 Vaccine

Title: Reaching those yet to get their COVID-19 Vaccine 

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Webinars

03 Nov 2021

Replay: Additional COVID-19 vaccine for severely immunocompromised people

Title: Additional COVID-19 vaccine for severely immunocompromised people

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Getting vaccinated

News

06 Oct 2021

COVID-19 vaccination bookings shift to default three-week interval

Today the Government announced that new COVID-19 vaccination bookings will default to a three-week (21 day minimum) interval between doses.

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News

23 Sep 2021

Overcoming lockdowns and long distances for COVID-19 vaccinator education

As New Zealand went into COVID-19 lockdown in August 2021, the demand for COVID-19 vaccines and ongoing preparation of the workforce to deliver them soared. 
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News

08 Sep 2021

IMAC aids workforce readiness for vaccination success in the Pacific 

As part of the Polynesian Health Corridors programme, a five-year programme led by the Ministry of Health to strengthen existing linkages between the New Zealand and Polynesian health systems, the Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC) has been contracted to provide expert advice and education to support workforce readiness and a successful COVID-19 vaccination rollout in Niue, Tokelau and the Cook Islands. 
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News

26 Aug 2021

Childhood immunisation and wearing PPE in Alert Level 4

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News

22 Aug 2021

Vaccination observation period changes to 15 minutes

The Government has today announced a change in post-vaccination observation period. It is now a minimum of 15 minutes instead of 20 minutes. 

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Teenagers

News

19 Aug 2021

COVID-19 vaccination programme extended to 12-15 year-olds

Following Medsafe’s approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for 12-15 year olds, the Government has now extended eligibility of the COVID-

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News

11 Aug 2021

11 Aug, 2021: COVID-19 vaccination programme dosage spacing to increase

This is a news story from Aug 2021, not clinical advice.

 

Today the Government announced the COVID-19 vaccina

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News

28 Jul 2021

COVID-19 education for Prescriber Health Professionals to combine with COVID-19 authorised vaccinator education course

As New Zealand’s COVID-19 vaccination programme ramps up, Primary Care will have an increasing role in vaccination roll out.

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News

26 Jul 2021

Whitireia and IMAC forging new education pathways for future vaccinators

It started with a connection made between the Immunisation Advisory Centre’s (IMAC) Pasifika Engagement Advisor Siufofoga Matagi and Whitireia New Zealand’s Bachelor of Nursing Pacific Programme Manager Tania Mullane.
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News

07 Jul 2021

Janssen COVID-19 vaccine receives Medsafe approval in New Zealand

The Janssen COVID-19 vaccine now joins the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine with provisional approval from Medsafe in New Zealand.

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News

21 Jun 2021

The possibility of vaccinating 12–15-year-olds in New Zealand for COVID-19

All New Zealanders can have confidence in the safety and efficacy of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and Medsafe’s provisional approval of the Pfizer/BioNT

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News

17 Jun 2021

What we’re hearing: 0800 IMMUNE FAQs

What we’re hearing: 0800 IMMUNE FAQs 

Written by Jennifer Andrews

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News

16 Jun 2021

He waka eke noa - We’re all in this together

The Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC) has been working alongside Māori Health Providers and DHBs in the North Island to prepare and educate the workforce for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout
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Last updated: 07 April 2021