Senior doctors and dentists at Health NZ public hospitals and health services plan to strike for 48 hours on Tuesday 23 September and Wednesday 24 September. Emergency departments will be open for emergencies only. GPs, after-hours and urgent care clinics, and other community health providers are not affected by the strike and will continue to operate as normal.
About the strike
Community immunisation clinics — Northland
Community immunisation clinics provide free immunisation for pēpi, tamariki and whānau. They can also check what immunisations you or your whānau may need and answer any questions you may have about immunisations.
Services provided
Community immunisation clinics can immunise you, your pēpi or tamariki for vaccines on the National Immunisation Schedule, as well as COVID-19 and flu.
They can also:
- help you check what immunisations you or your whānau may need
- provide information on how immunisations work, the diseases they help protect against, and answer your questions on immunisations
- help you reach out to other healthcare services if you need support with other conditions or health matters.
Community immunisation clinics are delivered in partnership with a variety of organisations including Hauora Māori Partners, Plunket | Whānau Āwhina, and pharmacies. Some of these organisations also offer one off vaccination visits to your home.
Community immunisation clinic schedules
Te Ha oranga immunisation events
Wednesday 25 June
IMMS based korero
Methodist Church, Dargaville. Time: 10-1pm
Ngā Wānanga o Hine Kōpū – Māori Labour, Birth and Parenting Programme event
Te Ha Oranga, 77 Awakino Road, Dargaville 0310external link
Date: Thursday 26 June
Hours: All day
Te Uri o Hau Immunisation Events
Event 2: Saturday 13 September 2025.
Outdoor Event, Dargaville Rugby Club, Dargaville.
Time: TBC
Fale Pasifika
Pop up 4: 15 November 2025 – Dargaville (details to come)
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- Tuesday 16 September - Whare Tiaki, 30 Puckey Avenue. Kaitaia from 10am to 1:30pm
- Wednesday 17 September - Waimanoni Marae, Awanui from 10am to 1:30pm
- Thursday 18 September - Taipa, end of the Taipa School Road from 10am to 1:30pm
- Wednesday 23 September - Whare Tiaki, 30 Puckey Avenue from 10am to 1:30pm
- Thursday 25 September - Karikari Hall from 10am to 1:30pm
- Friday 26 September - Whare Manaaki Ahipara from 10am to 1:30pm
- Tuesday 14 October - Whare Tiaki, 30 Puckey Avenue, Kaitaia from 10am to 1:30pm
- Wednesday 15 October - Waimanoni Marae, Awanui from 10am to 1:30pm
- Friday 17 October - Te Hiku Hauora (main reception) from 10am to 6pm (extended hours)
- Tuesday 21 October - Feeding the Lambs, 1/3 Panakareao Street, Kaitaia from 10am to 1:30pm
- Wednesday 22 October - Herekino School, 2529 Kaitaia-Awaroa Road, Kaitaia from 10am to 1:30pm
- Thursday 23 October - Feeding the Lambs, 1/3 Panakareao Street, Kaitaia from 10am to 1:30pm
- Wednesday 29 October - Whare Manaaki, 15 Takahe Road, Ahipara
- Thursday 30 October - Karikari Hall from 10am to 1:30pm
Contact information:
Phone: 09 408 4024 extension 512
Email: imms@tehikuhauora.nz
Fale Pasifika
- Pop-up 3: October TBC – Kaitaia (details to come)
Plunket Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora clinics
13 Mangakahia Road, Kaikohe 0405, New Zealandexternal link
Street parking only.
Dates: Every second Tuesday. The next clinic is 1 July.
Hours: 10am to 6pm
Fale Pasifika
Pop up 2: 22 August 2025 – Kaikohe (details to come)
Ngā Wānanga o Hine Kōpū – Māori Labour, Birth and Parenting Programme event
Hineamaru building, Ngāti Hine Health Trust
2 – 4 Rayner Street, Kawakawa, 0210external link
Date: Saturday 28 June
Hours: All day
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora clinics
16 Commerce Street, Whangārei 0110, New Zealandexternal link
Drop-in, no appointment needed. Free visitor parking available.
Dates: every Thursday and Saturday
Hours:
- Thursdays: 8:30am to 6pm
- Saturdays: 8:30am to 3.30pm
Plunket Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora clinics
8B Porowini Avenue, Morningside, Whangārei 0110, New Zealandexternal link
Some on-site parking.
Dates: every Friday
Hours: All day
Fale Pasifika
Pop up 5: 14 December 2025 – Whangārei (Main Event) (details to come)
Mokopuna ECE/Mahi Pai activities
Saturday 12 July 2025
Simpson Park
Moerewa 0211
Time: TBC
Other places you can be immunised
If you cannot make it to an upcoming immunisation community clinic, there are lots of other ways to be immunised or to check what immunisations you may need.
You can also:
- contact your usual doctor, nurse or Hauora Māori provider
- visit a local community pharmacy, as some now offer free immunisations for people aged 3 years and older.
Community pharmacyexternal link - talk to your lead maternity carer if you’re pregnant (Maternity Services | Te Tai Tokerau - HealthPointexternal link)
- contact your Well Child Tamariki Ora nurse
- book a vaccine appointment online (Book a vaccine)
- book or ask questions over the phone, from 8.30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, by calling 0800 28 29 26. Interpreters are available and you can choose to speak with a Māori advisor, a disability advisor, or use NZ Relay.
Questions and support
If you have any questions and would like to talk to someone about your or your child’s immunisations you can also:
- Phone Healthline any time on 0800 611 116 — translators are available
- Phone PlunketLine any time on 0800 933 922
- Phone Te Tai Tokerau immunisation coordinator — 021831465 (Monday to Friday 8am to 4.30pm)