Flu Vaccine 2025
Available from April 1st
With winter around the corner, it is time to get ready for the increase in colds and flu. Flu vaccination is encouraged to give you extra protection against catching a flu illness.
Flu vaccines are available to everyone over 6 months of age. If you are eligible for a FREE flu vaccine (see criteria below), this is funded from 1 April, 2025 onwards until December 2025. The Flu Vaccine we have available this year is Influvac Tetra.
The flu vaccine costs $35 unless you are eligible for a free one.
Flu vaccine clinics will run during normal opening hours in the first 2 weeks of April, from 1st to 11th April
Appointments can be made either by:
1: MyIndici patient portal (under Nurse -> Flu vaccine CLINIC).
2: Phone – 03 348 8989
Appointments for after 14 April onwards can be made by phoning reception.
Only come in for a flu vaccine if you are well i.e. you must have no Covid or Flu-like symptoms such as a cough, sore throat, runny nose, fever and diarrhoea.
If you have already had your flu vaccine this year, please let us know so we can update our records.
Alternative Unfunded Flu Vaccine for over 65 years
People over 65 years are at higher risk of health complications and hospitalisation if they catch the flu. This year we have an alternative UNFUNDED flu vaccine available for those over 65 years.
FLUAD QUAD is approved for use in adults aged 65 years and over. FLUAD QUAD contains a substance to stimulate a stronger defense against the the flu in older people with weaker immune systems. The cost of this vaccine is $50.
For more information on Flu Vaccines
click on the link https://www.immune.org.nz/immunisation/programmes/influenza
Pharmac eligibility criteria for 2025 funded influenza vaccination
Funded influenza vaccine is available each year for people who meet the following criteria set by Pharmac:*
1. All people 65 years of age and over; or
2. People under 65 years of age who:
- have any of the following cardiovascular diseases:
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- ischaemic heart disease, or
- congestive heart failure, or
- rheumatic heart disease, or
- congenital heart disease, or
- cerebrovascular disease; or
- have either of the following chronic respiratory diseases:
- asthma, if on a regular preventative therapy, or
- other chronic respiratory disease with impaired lung function, or
- have diabetes; or
- have chronic renal disease; or
- have any cancer, excluding basal and squamous skin cancers if not invasive; or
- have any of the following other conditions:
- autoimmune disease, or
- immune suppression or immune deficiency, or
- HIV, or
- transplant recipient, or
- neuromuscular and CNS diseases/disorder, or
- haemoglobinopathiese, or
- children on long-term aspirin, or
- a cochlear implant, or
- errors of metabolism at risk of major metabolic decompensation, or
- pre and post splenectomy, or
- Down syndrome, or
- are pregnant (any trimester); or
3. Children 4 years of age and under who have been hospitalised for respiratory illness or have a history of significant respiratory illness (for eligible tamariki who require two doses of the
vaccine, both doses are funded); or
4. People under 65 years of age who:
- have any of the following serious mental health conditions:
- schizophrenia, or
- major depressive disorder, or
- bipolar disorder, or
- schizoaffective disorder, or
- are currently accessing secondary or tertiary mental health and addiction services.
Unless meeting the criteria set out above, the following conditions are excluded from funding:
- asthma not requiring regular preventative therapy
- hypertension and/or dyslipidaemia without evidence of end-organ disease.
