17 Nov 2021

Vaccine passes go live - but will they work for everyone

From Midday Report, 12:11 pm on 17 November 2021

Vaccine passes are now live and the government's website has this morning been swamped with requests.

This signals, hopefully, a summer with greater freedoms for people who are vaccinated against Covid-19.

You'll just need to scan your QR code to be able to go to the gym, sporting events and concerts, for example.

While that's a pretty straight-forward process for most of us, there are many New Zealanders for whom ready Internet access is a problem.

10 percent don't have it according to the 2018 census.

Max Towle spoke to the Auckland City Missioner Helen Robinson.