Data is collected from the National Immunisation Register (NIR), Covid Immunisation Register (CIR) and Aotearoa Immunisation Register (AIR) and is collated weekly. It is collected from three systems due to the variety of providers that administer Influenza (flu) vaccinations and their associated system compatibility.


We report both publicly funded and some privately funded flu vaccines that are recorded. Not all the privately funded vaccines are recorded in our registries which means the total number of vaccines administered will be higher than reported. Influenza vaccines are funded under several criteria, further details here: Influenza vaccine | Health Navigator NZ. Our reporting is focussed on the 2023 funded age group. Note that funding differs by ethnicity for the 55-64 year old group.

Total vaccinations

              

Māori

Pacific

Asian

European/
Other

Total

Week: 09 September to 15 September

313

347

742

958

2,360

Total Vaccinations 6M-12 years (YTD)

10,151

7,311

34,148

47,127

98,737

Total Vaccinations 55-64 years (YTD)

23,081

12,283

18,452

139,170

192,986

Total Vaccinations 65+ years (YTD)

33,736

16,824

40,958

462,987

554,505

Total Vaccinations (YTD)

106,346

64,058

183,512

902,262

1,256,178

 

Definitions

  • Ethnicity: This is based on prioritised ethnicity, which means each person is only counted against a single ethnicity category. When a person has multiple ethnicities recorded, then the prioritised ethnicity is ranked in the order of 1) Māori 2) Pacific Peoples 3) Asian 4) Other/European. For example, if a person is recorded as their ethnicities being both Māori and Pacific Peoples, their prioritised ethnicity will be Māori, i.e. they will not be counted in the Pacific Peoples group.
  • YTD: is defined as vaccinations occurring in the 2023 flu season between 20 March 2023 and 15 September 2023.
  • HSU FY21/22: the HSU is an estimate of the population using the health system in New Zealand. A person is included in the HSU if they use health services (including births and deaths) in the reference period, or are enrolled in a primary health organisation (PHO) during the reference period. The reference period for the FY21/22 HSU is: 1/7/2021 and 30/6/2022.

Vaccinations by district

Number of vaccines by district and prioritised ethncity. Based on the district of where the person lives, which may differ from where the person received their vaccine.

                          

Māori

Pacific

Asian

European/
Other

Total

Auckland

7,146

13,965

45,342

82,021

148,474

Bay of Plenty

7,162

782

2,956

42,630

53,530

Canterbury

8,639

3,236

16,796

136,207

164,878

Capital and Coast

6,854

5,014

14,763

79,494

106,125

Counties Manukau

9,211

19,815

28,514

40,539

98,079

Hawkes Bay

6,513

2,334

2,208

34,684

45,739

Hutt Valley

4,294

2,564

6,759

32,671

46,288

Lakes

3,890

343

1,094

13,206

18,533

MidCentral

3,787

928

2,855

32,333

39,903

Nelson Marlborough

2,353

1,251

1,886

39,496

44,986

Northland

7,964

502

1,126

27,379

36,971

South Canterbury

722

220

811

15,926

17,679

Southern

4,680

1,244

4,805

73,743

84,472

Tairāwhiti

3,757

379

360

6,455

10,951

Taranaki

2,569

323

1,035

23,693

27,620

Waikato

10,771

2,333

8,680

68,902

90,686

Wairarapa

1,273

204

325

11,278

13,080

Waitematā

6,156

5,527

32,300

80,328

124,311

West Coast

546

45

221

6,700

7,512

Whanganui

2,942

340

588

14,323

18,193

Overseas / Unknown

5,117

2,709

10,088

40,254

58,168

Total

106,346

64,058

183,512

902,262

1,256,178

Vaccination uptake: age 65+ years

Uptake percent is calculated by comparing the flu doses to date for this year with the estimated number of people in New Zealand who are aged 65 and over.


The estimated population is based on the most recent Health Service User (HSU) population, HSU FY21/22. The equity gap is the difference in rates for Māori or Pacific ethnicities to non-Māori/non-Pacific.

                

Māori

Pacific

Asian

European/
Other

Total

Equity Gap

count

%

count

%

count

%

count

%

count

%

(Māori)

(Pacific)

Auckland

1,402

59%

2,916

55%

9,543

58%

28,171

66%

42,032

63%

-5%

-9%

Bay of Plenty

3,093

55%

171

51%

536

47%

30,377

65%

34,177

63%

-9%

-13%

Canterbury

2,195

68%

633

64%

2,897

61%

66,180

73%

71,905

73%

-5%

-9%

Capital and Coast

1,386

64%

1,338

60%

2,738

63%

26,854

74%

32,316

71%

-9%

-12%

Counties Manukau

2,798

57%

6,624

58%

9,891

58%

25,015

62%

44,328

60%

-4%

-3%

Hawkes Bay

2,213

58%

238

57%

314

50%

19,813

68%

22,578

66%

-9%

-11%

Hutt Valley

1,103

64%

765

65%

1,380

63%

13,275

71%

16,523

70%

-6%

-5%

Lakes

1,828

55%

146

59%

252

52%

10,121

65%

12,347

63%

-10%

-6%

MidCentral

1,476

59%

238

55%

688

57%

20,578

67%

22,980

66%

-8%

-12%

Nelson Marlborough

788

62%

87

60%

185

56%

23,406

68%

24,466

68%

-6%

-8%

Northland

3,399

52%

192

53%

283

53%

20,089

58%

23,963

57%

-6%

-5%

South Canterbury

227

62%

21

52%

59

50%

9,369

70%

9,676

70%

-9%

-18%

Southern

1,470

62%

276

58%

483

53%

38,501

67%

40,730

67%

-6%

-9%

Tairāwhiti

1,395

55%

35

41%

39

51%

3,614

63%

5,083

60%

-8%

-21%

Taranaki

965

58%

47

51%

173

55%

14,533

67%

15,718

66%

-9%

-16%

Waikato

3,822

55%

624

57%

1,747

51%

40,619

64%

46,812

62%

-8%

-6%

Wairarapa

429

61%

54

60%

71

62%

7,373

71%

7,927

70%

-10%

-10%

Waitematā

1,823

55%

2,057

51%

9,151

55%

44,922

62%

57,953

60%

-6%

-10%

West Coast

198

61%

15

68%

27

60%

4,009

58%

4,249

59%

2%

10%

Whanganui

1,042

63%

89

67%

84

53%

8,433

68%

9,648

68%

-5%

-1%

Overseas / Unknown

-

2%

-

2%

11

6%

73

4%

90

4%

-2%

-2%

Total

33,055

57%

16,569

57%

40,552

57%

455,325

66%

545,501

65%

-8%

-9%

Vaccination uptake: age 55 to 64 years

Māori and Pacific Peoples aged between 55-64 are eligible to receive a funded flu vaccination. However, non-Māori, non-Pacific (NMNP) people of this age group are only eligible to receive a funded flu vaccination if they are health or disability care workers or have an eligible medical condition.


We have not reported an equity gap for the 55-64 year olds due to the difference in funding criteria.

 

Māori

Pacific

Asian

European/Other

Total

 

count

%

count

%

count

%

count

%

count

%

Auckland

1,232

34%

2,169

36%

3,920

26%

10,670

33%

17,991

32%

Bay of Plenty

1,762

27%

108

26%

275

22%

7,031

28%

9,176

27%

Canterbury

1,663

37%

487

37%

1,327

27%

22,785

36%

26,262

36%

Capital and Coast

1,255

40%

963

41%

1,516

37%

11,700

42%

15,434

41%

Counties Manukau

2,355

32%

5,067

36%

4,171

27%

7,692

27%

19,285

29%

Hawkes Bay

1,444

32%

196

35%

182

27%

5,635

32%

7,457

32%

Hutt Valley

847

36%

433

36%

664

36%

5,095

37%

7,039

37%

Lakes

1,093

26%

102

32%

144

24%

2,493

26%

3,832

26%

MidCentral

939

29%

179

36%

301

28%

5,706

30%

7,125

30%

Nelson Marlborough

559

34%

71

30%

165

29%

6,361

29%

7,156

30%

Northland

2,117

27%

102

25%

143

21%

4,512

23%

6,874

24%

South Canterbury

163

38%

25

42%

63

31%

2,704

33%

2,955

33%

Southern

987

34%

208

40%

383

29%

12,452

31%

14,030

32%

Tairāwhiti

749

27%

63

44%

25

22%

991

29%

1,828

28%

Taranaki

631

30%

35

27%

132

33%

3,804

27%

4,602

28%

Waikato

2,534

28%

389

32%

883

27%

10,666

27%

14,472

27%

Wairarapa

306

35%

42

38%

35

25%

1,794

29%

2,177

30%

Waitematā

1,427

28%

1,499

32%

3,935

26%

13,126

26%

19,987

26%

West Coast

146

29%

10

38%

19

20%

1,169

23%

1,344

23%

Whanganui

665

36%

56

35%

75

33%

2,226

30%

3,022

32%

Overseas / Unknown

-

1%

-

0%

12

3%

18

1%

33

1%

Total

22,877

31%

12,204

35%

18,370

27%

138,630

30%

192,081

30%

Vaccination uptake: age 6 months to 12 years

 

Māori

Pacific

Asian

European/Other

Total

Equity Gap

 

count

%

count

%

count

%

count

%

count

%

(Māori)

(Pacific)

Auckland

613

8%

920

8%

4,986

21%

4,066

16%

10,585

15%

-10%

-10%

Bay of Plenty

383

2%

72

6%

374

9%

1,393

6%

2,222

5%

-4%

-1%

Canterbury

1,214

8%

495

11%

3,501

24%

7,944

14%

13,154

15%

-8%

-5%

Capital and Coast

577

7%

401

9%

1,899

23%

4,902

21%

7,779

18%

-14%

-12%

Counties Manukau

1,041

4%

2,804

8%

5,518

18%

2,128

9%

11,491

10%

-9%

-5%

Hawkes Bay

404

3%

168

9%

234

12%

964

7%

1,770

6%

-4%

2%

Hutt Valley

480

7%

258

10%

1,117

24%

2,051

17%

3,906

15%

-12%

-9%

Lakes

240

2%

45

7%

193

11%

492

6%

970

5%

-5%

0%

MidCentral

289

3%

105

7%

502

16%

1,063

7%

1,959

6%

-5%

-1%

Nelson Marlborough

159

4%

70

10%

353

20%

1,201

8%

1,783

8%

-5%

1%

Northland

514

3%

42

4%

166

10%

609

5%

1,331

4%

-2%

-1%

South Canterbury

66

5%

38

9%

110

16%

390

6%

604

7%

-3%

2%

Southern

419

5%

170

8%

679

15%

2,791

8%

4,059

8%

-4%

-1%

Tairāwhiti

188

3%

14

6%

45

14%

193

6%

440

5%

-4%

-2%

Taranaki

182

3%

45

11%

182

12%

773

6%

1,182

5%

-4%

4%

Waikato

782

3%

234

7%

1,307

13%

2,385

6%

4,708

6%

-5%

-1%

Wairarapa

128

5%

30

12%

71

18%

477

10%

706

9%

-6%

1%

Waitematā

868

6%

692

6%

7,221

22%

4,920

10%

13,701

13%

-9%

-9%

West Coast

46

5%

-

3%

36

16%

194

6%

279

6%

-2%

-3%

Whanganui

198

4%

34

7%

64

11%

335

6%

631

6%

-3%

0%

Overseas / Unknown

-

0%

-

2%

7

2%

8

0%

20

1%

0%

1%

Total

8,793

4%

6,643

8%

28,565

19%

39,279

10%

83,280

10%

-8%

-5%

Vaccination uptake over time: age 65+ years

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Vaccinations per week for all age groups

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Notes on report data:

  1. Data is collected from National Immunisation Register (NIR), Covid19 immunisation Register (CIR) and Aotearoa Immunisation Register (AIR) and collated weekly.
  2. Data captured on paper or systems other than NIR/CIR/AIR are not included.
  3. The data contains public and privately funded influenza vaccinations. Following the 2021 flu season we have seen a higher proportion of privately funded vaccines being recorded. This is due to additional immunisation registries and the ability of pharmacies and other providers being able record vaccinations. Data between years, therefore, are not directly comparable