Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Minister for COVID-19 Response): Crew members on incoming ships are not routinely tested. The consistent advice I've received is that testing all incoming ships would be logistically challenging and could result in some ships no longer calling in New Zealand, and it could also increase the risk, as all crew would have to disembark the ship for testing instead of remaining isolated on the ship, as they're currently required to do under the maritime border order. We treat all incoming ships as if they could have COVID-19 cases on board, and rigorous infection and prevention control requirements are in place. The latest advice I have is that 57 percent of port workers who interact with foreign vessels are fully vaccinated and an additional 7 percent have had one dose. That rate is not good enough. I've had feedback that port workers have been more susceptible to misinformation and we are receiving reports that they have been more reluctant to take up the opportunity to receive a vaccination when that has been offered. The current focus is providing one-to-one guidance to those workers at the ports who have been the subject of misinformation so that they can make an informed decision. I am not satisfied with the rate of vaccination of port workers, which is why we have now mandated that all of those port workers in at-risk roles will need to be vaccinated as an additional layer of protection. Many of those are already required to be vaccinated under the existing order—many of the Government employees. The remaining Government employees not covered by the current order will be covered from 26 August, by which point they must have had their first dose, and they have to have had their second dose within 35 days of that time. All other at-risk port employees have to have had their first dose by 30 September and their second dose within 35 days of that, or they will not be able to perform those roles.