{"id":127194,"date":"2025-11-10T02:54:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T02:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/127194\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T02:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T02:54:14","slug":"northland-whanau-line-up-for-measles-jabs-as-moko-van-visits-rural-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/127194\/","title":{"rendered":"Northland wh\u0101nau line up for measles jabs as Moko Van visits rural areas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThey\u2019re quite concerned, there\u2019s definitely been an increase in inquiries<\/a> and people just turning up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Graham said wh\u0101nau are given time to consider if the vaccination is right for them and their children but, with identified measles cases in Northland<\/a>, most are keen to get the jab straight away.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of our clinics this week, we had 11 p\u0113p\u0113 with their parents and caregivers [attend]. Overall we did 28 vaccinations,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The van is now going back to communities to give a second dose four weeks after the first, with second doses being the main focus in Te Kao on Friday.<\/p>\n

The Moko Van has a regular schedule around Te Hiku but can also be contacted to make a special trip to keen communities, Graham said.<\/p>\n

The Moko Van is named after Mokopuna Ake (grandchildren forever), with a mission to protect, uplift and inspire the next generation, she explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the purpose. Every van visit, every clinic is another step towards a healthy and connected Muriwhenua.\u201d<\/p>\n

The service is guided by five guardians: Te Wai the messenger, Takairi the scout, Riporipo the defender, Ngunguru the protector and Aratau the navigator, Graham said.<\/p>\n

There were 12 cases identified in the Northland measles outbreak<\/a>, plus a further 18 cases as part of the nationwide outbreak which was later linked back to Northland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Health officials say immunisation is the best defence against the serious disease, which hospitalised about a third of cases in the last outbreak in 2019-2020.<\/p>\n

The Moko Van can be contacted on imms@tehikuhauora.nz<\/a> or 09-4084024 ext 512 for details.<\/p>\n

Denise Piper is a news reporter<\/a> for the Northern Advocate, focusing on health and business. She has more than 20 years in journalism and is passionate about covering stories that make a difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThey\u2019re quite concerned, there\u2019s definitely been an increase in inquiries and people just turning up.\u201d Graham said wh\u0101nau…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[22509,806,40750,2082,134,30538,66160,63708,15220,20311,43770,130,111,139,529,1067,69,17976,42371,19328,13913,3175,810,43035,11427,14450,30859,102],"class_list":["post-127194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-areas","tag-as","tag-communities","tag-for","tag-health","tag-helping","tag-immunisation","tag-jabs","tag-line","tag-measles","tag-moko","tag-more","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-north","tag-northland","tag-nz","tag-outbreak","tag-prompting","tag-reach","tag-remote","tag-rural","tag-up","tag-vaccinated","tag-van","tag-visits","tag-whnau","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}