A standout statistic is that to date 83 per cent of Māori aged 65 and over in the Whanganui DHB region have been vaccinated. Photo / File
With the flu season looming, Whanganui District Health Board says 24 per cent of the population in its area has been vaccinated against influenza.
The Ministry of Health's figures up to May 1 show that of New Zealand's 20 district health boards, Whanganui has had the best results.
A standout
statistic was for Māori aged 65 and over, where 83 per cent of the population had been vaccinated. Across all prioritised ethnicities, Whanganui has reached 74 per cent.
Whanganui DHB chief executive Russell Simpson said a "whole-of-system effort" had produced the results.
"A lot of groups have combined to give us such good numbers – public health staff; primary health services; and kaupapa Māori providers."