Leaders from the South Auckland church at the centre of the largest sub-cluster in this outbreak have spoken out about the strain it has put on their community.
The Samoan Assembly of God Christian fellowship, which believes in divine healing, is taking a hard-headed pragmatic approach to getting its members vaccinated as soon as possible.
Jerome Mika, from the South Auckland NGO The Cause Collective, has been working with the church on both fronts.
He spoke to Morning Report.
