National Influenza Vaccine Data

Immunisation data is collected from Aotearoa Immunisation Register (AIR) and is collated weekly.

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 is on our Health Information and Services website. Our reporting is focussed on the 2025 funded age group.

Flu vaccine — Health Information and Services (external link)

Total vaccinations

	Maori	Pacific	Asian	Other	Total
Week: 25 August to 31 August	403	321	849	1,872	3,445
Total vaccinations 65+ years (YTD)	36,181	18,532	46,408	463,405	564,526
Total vaccinations (YTD)	97,573	57,975	201,254	860,515	1,217,317

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. 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 from 1 March 2025 to 30 September 2025.

Vaccinations by district

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

	Maori	Pacific	Asian	Other	Total
Auckland	5,636	9,160	39,006	67,272	121,074
Bay of Plenty	7,031	821	3,722	45,468	57,042
Canterbury	8,378	3,013	19,865	137,535	168,791
Capital and Coast	6,294	4,171	14,949	73,573	98,987
Counties Manukau	9,165	22,254	38,622	45,776	115,817
Hawkes Bay	5,483	1,140	2,353	32,065	41,041
Hutt Valley	3,885	2,340	7,210	30,166	43,601
Lakes	4,465	463	1,758	15,788	22,474
MidCentral	3,901	822	3,602	35,157	43,482
Nelson Marlborough	2,319	665	2,148	38,438	43,570
Northland	7,691	560	1,858	28,661	38,770
South Canterbury	657	149	925	14,927	16,658
Southern	4,995	1,515	6,814	76,431	89,755
Tairawhiti	3,405	461	527	5,541	9,934
Taranaki	2,636	360	1,454	24,116	28,566
Waikato	10,477	2,253	11,633	69,499	93,862
Wairarapa	1,183	270	606	11,528	13,587
Waitemata	6,981	7,159	43,210	88,906	146,256
West Coast	548	78	332	6,702	7,660
Whanganui	2,408	299	578	12,701	15,986
Total	97,573	57,975	201,254	860,515	1,217,317

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 sourced from AIR and validated against the National Health Index (NHI) and National Enrolment Service (NES) registers.

	Maori	%	Pacific	%	Asian	%	Other	%	Total	%
	count	%	count	%	count	%	count	%	count	%
Auckland	1,670	54%	3,337	52%	10,598	52%	29,282	63%	44,887	58%
Bay of Plenty	3,345	48%	204	49%	629	42%	29,634	59%	33,812	58%
Canterbury	2,561	60%	657	50%	3,252	51%	69,347	69%	75,817	67%
Capital and Coast	1,585	59%	1,439	55%	3,012	56%	28,847	71%	34,883	68%
Counties Manukau	3,186	53%	7,406	51%	11,393	52%	25,914	60%	47,899	56%
Hawkes Bay	2,209	49%	261	51%	357	45%	19,922	64%	22,749	61%
Hutt Valley	1,190	56%	777	56%	1,507	57%	13,747	68%	17,221	65%
Lakes	2,063	49%	161	51%	292	46%	9,925	59%	12,441	57%
MidCentral	1,549	49%	248	47%	774	53%	21,142	63%	23,713	61%
Nelson Marlborough	905	55%	93	46%	234	51%	23,793	63%	25,025	63%
Northland	3,609	45%	216	47%	314	46%	19,911	53%	24,050	52%
South Canterbury	254	56%	22	39%	77	44%	9,318	65%	9,671	64%
Southern	1,672	57%	296	52%	608	50%	41,371	65%	43,947	65%
Tairawhiti	1,482	49%	55	51%	37	37%	3,557	59%	5,131	56%
Taranaki	1,130	52%	59	51%	204	50%	14,614	61%	16,007	60%
Waikato	4,163	48%	655	49%	2,055	47%	41,140	59%	48,013	57%
Wairarapa	435	50%	59	53%	71	46%	6,877	59%	7,442	58%
Waitemata	2,284	53%	2,491	50%	10,729	49%	46,679	59%	62,183	56%
West Coast	234	53%	20	62%	30	49%	4,204	55%	4,488	55%
Whanganui	1,083	55%	89	49%	100	47%	8,360	62%	9,632	61%
Total	36,620	51%	18,549	51%	46,280	51%	467,674	62%	569,123	60%

Vaccination uptake over time: age 65+ years

Vaccinations per week for all age groups

Notes on report data:

Immunisation data is sourced from Aotearoa Immunisation Register (AIR) which includes migrated information from the COVID-19 Register (CIR) and National Immunisation Register (NIR) and collated weekly.
As of 2025, a few changes have been introduced into how the numbers are calculated and displayed:
1. Vaccination uptake calculation is based on a snapshot of the estimated eligible population in AIR as at 01 March of the current year. This snapshot does not take into account any deaths or births that occur during the influenza season, so that the uptake can be observed against a static population.
2. Age group is determined by age as at 30 September of the current year to ensure uptake captures not only those who are eligible for funded vaccination at the start but also those who become eligible over the course of the season. This definition was updated on 28 August 2025; prior to this change, age was calculated at the start of the influenza season.
3. Totals include those whose assigned domicile district is overseas or unknown, but the actual numbers of overseas or unknown district will not be displayed to protect data confidentiality.
Data captured on paper or systems other than AIR are not included.
The data contains public and privately funded influenza vaccinations. Following the 2021 influenza 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.

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