Front line Pacific health care workers have been on the clock from dawn to dusk responding to the need in their communities throughout New Zealand's covid-19 outbreaks.
Now a Pacific health leader is calling on the government to pump more funding into Pacific medical providers to help build the support they need to keep going.
Lydia Lewis has the story.
Malia Su-emalo Lui (left cubicle) and Seumanu Va'a Robertson (right) receive information about Covid-19 vaccination before receiving the jab at a public vaccination event arranged by the Catholic Church in Wellington, 9 June 2021. Photo: Johnny Blades / RNZ Pacific