Northlanders are bracing for a possible shift to Alert Level 3, after confirmation that a Delta-positive essential worker went through Whangārei.
So far, there are no locations of interest listed for the region where the vaccine uptake was low - but confirmation of the result appears to be turning that around.
RNZ's Te Tai Tokerau reporter Samantha Olley is at a mass vaccination clinic in Whangārei and talks to Māni Dunlop.