Can I Get a Free Vaccine?
Don’t let the flu get you!
For pregnant women, adults and children with long-term health conditions, healthly children aged 6 months to their fifth birthday thought to be high risk and people aged 65 years and older, influenza can be an especially serious illness. For this reason the influenza immunisation is provided FREE to these groups.
Influenza immunisation is available FREE for those who:
- are pregnant (download information for pregnant women)
- are significantly overweight
- children aged 6 months to their fifth birthday thought to be high risk
- use asthma preventers
- have diabetes
- are aged 65 years or over
- have heart disease
- have kidney problems
- or have a serious medical condition, like cancer
If you do not have one of these eligible conditions you can still benefit from an influenza immunisation available at a small cost.
So don’t take the risk! Call your local GP or medical clinic and arrange your immunisation today, or you can search here to find a GP in your area.
Who should I talk to if I have any questions about influenza or any other vaccine?
If you have any questions about the immunisation that are specific to your medical condition, you should ask your doctor or phone 0800 IMMUNE (0800 466 863) Immunisation Advisory Centre.
Or click the links below to download information on influenza immunisation in a variety of languages:
Flu vaccine Brochure
Flu vaccine Brochure Chinese
Flu vaccine Brochure Cook Island Maori
Flu vaccine Brochure Hindi
Flu vaccine Brochure Korean
Flu vaccine Brochure Maori
Flu vaccine Brochure Samoan
Flu vaccine Brochure tongan
The information contained in this website was last updated 17 August 2010
