We may well hit the all-important 90% mark, but coverage remains extremely inequitable and that is a problem if we want to move past lockdowns.
The difference between 80% and 90% could be thousands of deaths of a year, new modelling projects.
MedSafe is keeping close tabs on any side-effects from the vaccination programme, but one of its surveys caused its own headache.
AFT founder Hartley Atkinson says NZ will end up poorer if it ignores export markets.