A confirmed case of measles in Queenstown has prompted calls for people in the area to check if they have been vaccinated.
Southern District Health Board was notified that a person contracted the disease three days ago.
Medical officer of health Marion Poore said people should treat it as a wake-up call to make sure they were fully vaccinated.
She said people who thought they might have measles should isolate themselves at home.
A measles alert has been issued for four locations in Auckland, including the emergency waiting room at Auckland City Hospital.
Three people in Wellington have contracted measles after a family holiday in Bali last month.
Anti-vaccination campaigners are being blamed for a measles outbreak spreading in Melbourne's inner suburbs. So far, five cases of measles have been reported in the northern suburb of Brunswick…
Health authorities in Vanuatu have set an ambitious target of vaccinating more than 90,000 children across the country for measles over the next four weeks.
Parents who receive warnings about vaccinations are twice as likely to delay having a child immunised, research has found.
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