North Harbour have been unable to complete their Bunnings NPC campaign. Photo / Getty
North Harbour Rugby have announced that they will implement a mandatory vaccination policy from next year.
The union's board passed in principle a resolution to support the policy at an October meeting, meaning all clubs and schools in the union will need to meet the vaccination requirement.
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staff and the union's NPC players have all been double vaccinated, which chair and acting chief executive Gerard van Tilborg said was the way forward for the union's teams.
"It is clear that from 2022 there will be a need for a strong and practicable vaccination policy," van Tilborg said in a statement. "The board has the view that anything other than a mandatory vaccination policy will be unmanageable for our clubs and schools.
"It has been well documented through the Government and the Ministry of Health that getting vaccinated is the priority for the country right now, and once we move to the traffic light system there will no doubt be significant challenges for clubs and schools to meet
the requirements to enable them to open up facilities.
