Vaccinations booked for the next few days are still on, the Government says, unless you've been specifically contacted to say they're not.
Newshub has been contacted by a number of people who turned up at the scheduled time to get their jabs, only to find the centres shut.
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout was temporarily halted earlier this week with the discovery of a case of the infectious Delta variant, to give health staff time to adjust to level 4 protocols. While the initial pause was set down for 48 hours, some centres have since reopened - but others are still offline.
A 62-year-old Auckland man told Newshub he got a confirmation text that his Friday appointment was still on, but when he got to the venue, it was shut. A woman in her 60s reported driving 75km to her appointment, then back again without a jab because it too was shut.
Others have reported similar problems. A Huntly woman said she received two emails - first, one saying the appointment was cancelled, then a second saying it was back on - so she went, only to be turned away.
Associate Minister of Health Ayesha Verrall told The AM Show on Friday said on Thursday - the second day of the lockdown - vaccination centres were already running at 50 percent, and they should be "back to full over the next couple of days".
"We're aiming in a couple of days to have all of those centres back open and to be functioning at 100 percent. With respect to that gentleman, I'm very sorry about that situation - it's not right," she said, after being told about the 62-year-old's difficulty getting vaccinated.
"But I want to point out we vaccinated over 20,000 people yesterday, so it can't be a widespread occurrence."
She said unless people have been told otherwise, they should "just go".
The Government currently has about 600,000 doses in stock - enough to last 12 days when vaccination centres are running at full capacity. New shipments are arriving weekly. Dr Verrall said despite the hiccup, and the lengthening of the gap between doses to six weeks, the plan remains to have the maximum possible vaccine coverage by the end of the year.
