Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Opposition Leader Judith Collins have both been fully vaccinated, role-modelling to the rest of the country. Of the 120-strong parliament, at least 66 are vaccinated according to party records, and almost all MPs are booked in for their doses of Pfizer. Ardern's Labour party declined to give the status of individual MPs, but has mandated the vaccination among its MPs. The Greens have three fully vaccinated, three partially vaccinated and four booked in, including co-leader James Shaw, the only leader not to be fully vaccinated. A small number of MPs - including Labour's Naisi Chen and Greens Auckland Central MP Chloe Swarbrick - are under 30 and only became eligible to book on Wednesday morning.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 31, 2021 23:15 UTC