Two DHBs, Auckland and Capital and Coast have now reached the 90 percent first dose covid-19 vaccination target for eligible Māori.
The Tāmaki and Pōneke DHBs are closely followed by four other DHBs – Waitemata, MidCentral, Hutt Valley and Wairarapa, all with eligible Māori vaccination rates at or above 87% for first doses.
Nationwide more than 480,746 first doses have been administered to Māori, accounting for 84 percent of the population while 407,535 second doses (71%) have been administered.
The regions with the lowest Māori vaccination rates continue to be Northland, Bay of Plenty and Whanganui at 80 percent first jab, followed by Taranaki at 82 percent and Lakes, Hawke's Bay and West Coast at 83 percent.
As a whole Aotearoa continues to close in on the 90 percent vaccination milestone with 88 percent of the eligible population nationwide (aged 12 and over) now fully vaccinated.
The Māori vaccination milestone comes as cases decline week on week but health researchers warn Māori make up the highest number of hospitalisations for Covid-19 and the lowest rate of vaccination for any ethnicity.