Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Minister for COVID-19 Response): I am delighted to confirm that just under a year on from registering our first COVID-19 case in New Zealand, vaccination has officially gotten under way. Last Friday, a small group of 29 vaccinators became the first people in the country to be vaccinated in a trial run at the Auckland quarantine facility. As of 11 a.m. this morning, 1,763 of our border workers have received their initial dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. It's been a huge effort to get to this point, and I want to thank all those involved. It's a big job ahead and it's good to see that it's getting under way. 