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A 2017 Volvo B7RLE, one of 12 buses from the Auckland Airport Park N Ride fleet engaged in the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine in South Auckland.
Photo: 1 NEWS.
Operator - Tranzit Group Ltd
Depot - Bus Travel NZ - Mangere, Akld
Fleet Number - 884
Registration - LAL766
Chassis Type - Volvo B7RLE
Chassis No. - YV3R6R624HA185907
Body Manufacturer - Kiwi Bus Builders
Body Date - 2017
Seating Codes - B31DW
Notes - On loan to Northern Region Health Coordination Centre for mobile vaccination service.
ex (220) LAL766, Bus Travel NZ Ltd, Mangere, Auckland.
Livery - Airport P&R
Date Last Change - 16/09/2021
Tranzit Group 884 Park & Ride (Auckland Airport):
www.businfo.nz/index.php?R=17344
PASIFIKA-LED VACCINATION BUSES LAUNCHED IN SOUTH AUCKLAND
September 24; 2021. Source: 1 NEWS
By Tessa Parker
The first Pacific-led vaccination buses have been launched in South Auckland as part of a fleet of 12 to feed into community-led vaccination centres.
Aptly named Busifika Vax, the buses will be loaned to Māori and Pacific healthcare providers to help reach local communities.
The two buses are currently at standstill at a drive-thru vaccination centre in Māngere, but in Level 2 they will travel to different hotspots.
The campaign hopes to promote the Covid jab where there might be a large number of people, or vaccine hesitancy.
Pacific Peoples Minister Aupito William Sio says “this is all about trying to make sure we leave no stone unturned, to ensure that everyone in Auckland has access to the vaccine.
"South Seas Healthcare and Bader Drive Doctors, these are the providers that know our community well. That know how to reach our community," he said from the launch.
The minister also noted the buses allow for a vaccine strategy similar to that in Samoa, making the jab easy and accessible.
“It's fitting also because in the island of Samoa the new Government is today continuing it's door-to-door approach. They are going from village-to-village and that's what these buses will enable us to do.”
Dr Sirovai Fuatai acknowledged the difficulty of vaccinating Pasifika throughout Auckland and the rest of New Zealand.
"This weather today is like the challenge we face for the Pasifika people, but as I said like the All Black coach... we're looking forward to it, every match that comes we're looking forward to it."
Pasifika communities have been hit hardest by the most recent Covid-19 outbreak, with a large portion of cases associated with an Assemblies of God Church of Samoa cluster.
NRHCC Pacific Lead Meg Poutasi said the population density added to the challenge of beating Covid-19.
“Families are really responsive, that's one of the reasons Delta's been so devastating for us, because it's really household transmission in Delta, which is almost always 100 per cent that's actually seen the Samoan numbers in the August outbreak be so high.”
Community leaders are also hoping the ease of the buses will trump any false information about the vaccine that could be present.
“The main thing is combating the misinformation that's out there that they see on social media. It's really nice that they come to us, a trusted source, to see how safe it is,” Dr Api Talemaitoga, chair of the Pasifika GP Network, said.
The two buses in Māngere will form a fleet of 12, sourced by the Northern Regional Health Coordination Centre.
Like other vaccination buses, Shot Bro and Shot Cuz, Busifika Vax buses are being loaned by Auckland Airport.
The reveal of the buses also saw the beginning of a mass vaccination event in the Māngere town centre, aiming to vaccinate 3000 people in three days.
The weekly VivaAerobus A320 leaving for PVR. Very smokey this morning with people burning Christmas trees maybe?
A 2018 MAN 15-250, one of 12 buses that will be doing the rounds in South Auckland for Covid-19 vaccinations, on display at Auckland Airport where it was previously doing the Park N Ride service of the Auckland Airport carpark, a photo courtesy of Radio New Zealand..
Bus Information for LUZ121:
Operator - Tranzit Group Ltd.
Depot - Bus Travel NZ - Mangere, Auckland
Fleet Number - 875
Registration - LUZ121
Chassis Type - MAN 15.250
Chassis No. - WMAA66ZZXGC021392
Body Manufacturer - GBV NZ Enviroline
Body Date - 2018
Seating Codes - B25DW
Notes - On loan to Northern Region Health Coordination Centre for mobile vaccination service.
ex (223) LUZ121, Bus Travel NZ Ltd, Mangere, Auckland.
Livery - Airport P&R
Date Last Change - 16/09/2021
www.businfo.nz/index.php?R=18223
SHOT BRO BUSES REACHING COMMUNITIES AND RAISING SMILES IN SOUTH AUCKLAND
Radio NZ, 17 September 2021
The first fleet of Covid-19 vaccine buses hit the streets of South Auckland yesterday and got off to a solid start, according to vaccinators.
Nicknamed Shot Bro, the buses are the latest strategy by public health officials to reach the city's goal of having vaccinated 80 per cent of eligible Aucklanders with at least one Pfizer dose by Monday.
The buses are a collaboration with Māori and Pacific providers and the Northland and Auckland DHBs.
Northern Region Health Coordination Centre vaccination programme director Matt Hannant told Morning Report those on the first bus out yesterday for half a day vaccinated about 150 people.
"The buses can probably do about 200-to-300 per day per trip," he said.
"We're just sort of going to see our way through that one. These are less about high volume and more about reaching into communities where there might be some access challenges or transportation issues. This is about taking the vaccine to the people."
Information on low vaccination rates in areas is helping to direct focus on where the buses are sent. However, there had been some concerns expressed that not enough information was being provided to those operating the buses to find those people needing vaccination.
Hannant said work was being carried out urgently to ensure that information was readily available.
Efforts would be ramping up over the next few weeks with the roll-out of more buses.
"We've got three buses out on the road today. Then we're going to be building up to 12 over the coming weeks."
"Because we're at level 4 and we've got to have all the right protocols in place everything is done outside" - Northern Region Health spokesperson Matt Hannant duration 4′ :18″ from Morning Report
"Because we're at level 4 and we've got to have all the right protocols in place everything is done outside" - Northern Region Health spokesperson Matt Hannant
The vaccination procedure would change according to alert levels over the coming months, but at the moment, strict adherence to alert level 4 protocols was being observed.
"It's a bit different under level 4," Hannant said. "So at the moment, the buses are all kited out inside. It has a little area were you do the drawing up of the vaccination and under level 1 you sit in the bus and have your 15 minutes observation period at the back of the bus.
"But because we're at level 4 and we've got to have all the right protocols in place everything is done outside.
"So only the mixing and drawing up of the vaccine is done inside and then it's administered outside, with people queuing socially distanced. We have garden chairs where people sit for their 15 minutes observation."
The sight of the buses with the logo Shot Bro had raised smiles, the inspiration of Napier woman Jules Cunningham.
"I think it's really amazing to see how it's captured everyone," Hannant said. "We've got some really cool names coming forward. We have more vehicles going to hit the road soon so just watch this space and we'll have lots of different names soon."
Cunningham woke up yesterday not expecting to see photos of the mobile vaccination clinics with her idea for a nickname displayed on the front.
Earlier in the week, she had posted her suggestion on Twitter with a graphic she had made of a vaccine bus in the style of Mr Whippy, only with a giant syringe on the roof.
Not before long, hashtag 'Shot Bro' was trending.
In a Facebook poll posted by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, it got over 16,000 votes, beating out competitors Jabba Waka, Vaxi Taxi, and Jabbin Wagon.
"I muck around in Photoshop a little bit and tend to make up the odd meme and that sort of thing and through them around Twitter and have a bit of fun," she told Morning Report.
"And the brief was it was kind of Mr Whippy ice cream truck kind of thing, so I slapped a big siringe with a flower on top of it and looked at it... and 'shot bro', it just fell into my head."
She said many people had contacted her after the logo was revealed, with others she was aware of taking photographs beside the Shot Bro bus to post on social media showing they'd received their jab.
"It's really inspiring, everyone has gotten behind it...There has been so much pressure around the whole Covid situation that we're in and I'm always trying to find ways of making something positive out of it."
VivaAerobus, Airbus A320, XA-VAX, at JFK, New York, USA. February, 2020. Tecate Pa'l Norte 2020 special colors. Copyright Tom Turner
The 2016 MAN 15.250 coach now rolling out the Covid-19 vax jabs in South Auckland.
Bus Information for KET332
Operator - Tranzit Group Ltd
Depot - Bus Travel NZ - Mangere, Auckland
Fleet Number - 874
Registration - KET332
Chassis Type - MAN 15.250
Chassis No. - WMAA66ZZ4GC021324
Body Manufacturer - MCV Evolution
Body Date - 2016
Seating Codes - B32DW
Notes - On loan to Northern Region Health Coordination Centre for mobile vaccination service.
ex (218) KET332, Bus Travel NZ Ltd, Mangere, Auckland (Leopard Group).
Livery - Airport P&R
Date Last Change - 16/09/2021
Further details for KET332:
www.businfo.nz/index.php?R=17347
'HEY CUZ, COME ON DOWN': MANUREWA MARAE'S VACCINATION BUS IS ALREADY A HIT
By Justin Latif, Local Democracy Reporter, South Auckland
As a karakia was being uttered to mark the unveiling of the Shot Cuz vaccination bus, Takutai Moana Natasha Kemp says tears began welling up in her eyes.
“This is what our community has been asking for. It’s about keeping our whānau safe and protecting our whakapapa,” says Kemp, the Manurewa Marae chief executive.
The bus is one of 12 being deployed throughout Auckland by the Northern Regional Health Coordination Centre (NRHCC), with this one set to park up at a number of popular sites around Manurewa over the coming weeks.
The converted buses are from Auckland Airport’s Park and Ride fleet, can do up to 300 shots per day and will be staffed by 12 staff, including vaccinators, observers, cold chain managers and administration staff.
With a clear spring sun shining on, Monty Cassidy and Hunter-Breeze Maihi were the first among a sizeable group outside the Clendon Pak’n’Save waiting to get their shots on Tuesday. The pair were both receiving their first dose and despite some nerves, said they felt good about getting vaccinated. With so many locations in the Clendon area named as locations of interest, Cassidy said he felt being vaccinated would make it easier “to be out in the community again”.
Maihi admitted she had been “nervous and hesitant” when the vaccine was first mooted, but after hearing from Māori immunologists that it’s safe she felt reassured.
“I have two young children who I really don’t want to catch the virus, so I’m getting vaccinated so we can stop its spread in the community.”
Kemp, whose marae has already vaccinated over 30,000 people since April, says they have been pushing for a means to take vaccinations out into the community.
“This isn’t about reaching a certain number, this is about reaching our Māori and Pacific community, it’s about building trusting relationships and it’s about manaakitanga.”
After some discussion, the marae decided to rename their bus, she says. Rather than Shot Bro, the name given to it by the Ministry of Health, it is now Shot Cuz.
“There was widespread approval from the community, as it’s more gender neutral and it’s how our whānau talk, like, ‘hey cuz, come on down, if you need a shot’,” she says.
And while she’s had very little negative feedback about the vaccination, she is encouraging people to speak to one of the many clinical staff onsite should they still be concerned. “If you’re worried, come and have a conversation with us, as a lot of us have seen a lot of whānau get vaccinated now.”
Manurewa resident and Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson was among dignitaries at the Shot Cuz unveiling. She says she was particularly pleased to see local providers being used to help with the vaccine rollout. “It’s the relationship and the trust that is going to make the difference to get these looser vaccinated neighbourhoods protected, so I’m really pleased to see the buses coming to south Auckland, particularly places like Clendon.”
NRHCC lead and Counties Manukau Health chief executive Margie Apa was also onsite for the bus blessing. She says the buses are part of a wider effort to make the vaccine more accessible, including for those with disabilities or mobility issues.
“Rather than them coming out, we’re trying to make accessible options, so we will have mobile teams who are able to go into people’s homes as well.”
She says increasing vaccination rates is particularly crucial in south Auckland because, despite Middlemore hospital being well-prepared for Covid, more cases would inevitably lead to fewer resources for non-Covid patients.
“We have done quite a lot of preparatory work to both our ICU and high dependency units, so we can take up to 60 at any one time,” she says. “But it’s hard to avoid Middlemore being the epicentre [of the outbreak] as it’s the closest ED [emergency department] for people to walk into.”
She says the hospital’s patient load is “manageable“ at level four and three because fewer people are getting unwell but once the city moves out of level three, the pressure for more services will increase.
“If we can get our whole community vaccinated, that opens up our options in terms of how we go back to providing more services to the community.”
And Apa says collaborative initiatives like this are cause for optimism that that goal is achievable.
“As you see today we’ve got Māori providers, DHB staff and the local businesses all supporting each other for this. And the region’s hospitals have also come together much more over this year than in the past.
”It’s really taken a whole system effort, which I call a team of teams, and I think that’s what will get us through.” - The Spinoff, 22/09/2021.
Stagecoach MCSL 10830 SM66 VAX Alexander Dennis Enviro400MMC seen in Belle Vale Bus Station on 10/04/2020
Self portrait after my COVID vacination this morning. I was scheduled for 10:45 but showed up about 10 o’clock. I was in and out in less than half an hour including the 15 minute waiting period. The best news of all, and a surprise, was that they were using the Johnson and Johnson vaccine which only requires one shot so I won’t need to go back for a second. Sacre’ bleu!
Your Moment of Zen: I shot this using my Leica M-P 240 with a Leitz Summaron 35mm f3.5 lens. I had the camera on a tripod and used a long bulb cable release. That’s a long rubber tube with a rubber ball on one end that when squeezed pushes a metal rod that’s screwed to the shutter. The bulb is of course in my right hand out of the photo. With this kind of shutter release you can stand up to 20 feet away. Voila!
Former West of England, Volvo B7 / Wright Eclipse, ( 66324 ) MV02 VAX working its first journey since its transfer. Seen on Hunslet Road working an afternoon short 13 service to Leeds Corn Exchange.
Thanks DB.
"Vax-11/780 will take essentially any size program. It has a 32-bit word length, 2 million bytes of physical memory, and more tahn 4 billion bytes of virtual addressing space."
Aside from alphabet flash cards, this vendor has included plastic sleeves for vaccination cards. More and more establishments aren't requiring vax cards for admission but this hasn't stopped people from getting vaccinated.