3. Question No. 3—COVID-19 ResponseIBRAHIM OMER (Labour) to the Minister for COVID-19 ResponseQuestion No. 3—COVID-19 Response3. IBRAHIM OMER (Labour) to the Minister for COVID-19 Response: What recent progress has been made in the Government's COVID-19 vaccination roll-out?Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Minister for COVID-19 Response): Over the weekend New Zealanders came together across the motu to get behind Super Saturday and I want to acknowledge the support of Super Saturday from all parties across the House. Nationwide we had 700 vaccination sites open on Super Saturday—a number of them running into the evening in order to allow people the opportunity to get their vaccinations. A number of people from across the country went out of their way to get vaccinated—130000 doses administered on a single day the biggest day that we have had. I do want to thank everybody who played a role in Super Saturday's event whether it was leading up to or on the day; whether it was involved in organising the vaccination sites or a barbecue or driving someone to be vaccinated and—very importantly—encouraging friends and family to show up and to do their part in keeping New Zealand safe from COVID-19. Everybody had a role to play.Ibrahim Omer: What areas did particularly well on Super Saturday and where does this leave our current vaccination levels?Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: There are some particular places that deserve specific mention and I want to mention the Kawerau District which before Super Saturday had the lowest first-dose rate of vaccination in the country. The Kawerau community came out with huge support and they ended up with the largest percentage increase in first doses of any district in Aotearoa New Zealand—so a massive effort there. We saw high uptake amongst Māori on Super Saturday: 10825 first doses and 10877 second doses. That was particularly pleasing to see a 5.4 percent jump in the overall vaccination rate for Māori in a single week and the days leading up to it as well. So a big big boost there and the momentum is continuing.Ibrahim Omer: What support did he see for Super Saturday across the country?Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: I want to acknowledge the communities and businesses that got behind the Super Saturday events. For example we saw community groups businesses councils health providers and a whole lot of individuals doing a fantastic job to encourage people to be vaccinated. There was a lot of fun on the day including Air New Zealand's Jabaseat where they had a 787 Dreamliner parked on the runway where people were able to be vaccinated in business class and wait out their time in economy class. We saw businesses across the country donating significantly to the cause and I'd like to thank them for that. I'd like to also just extend the message that Super Saturday can't be the end of this; we need to see that momentum continue. We still have more people who we need to get vaccinated.Ibrahim Omer: What further works are planned in the vaccination roll-out to build off Super Saturday?Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: We now need to redouble our efforts to target those communities where vaccination rates continue to be low. One of the things that we know is that people in those areas are less likely to come forward and seek out vaccination and so we need to make vaccination as available as close as possible to them. That includes things like the Delta Buster which we launched in Waiwhetū over the weekend making sure that we have buses vans campervans mobile vaccination clinics heading out into those communities where we have lower vaccination rates. Every New Zealander can continue to contribute here. Every additional person we encourage to get their first dose or to get their second dose if they're reluctant to get their second dose is a step closer to getting back to the freedoms that we all want to see the country getting back to.