The best protection is two doses of the MMR vaccine which protects against measles, mumps and rubella. It works by causing the body to make antibodies that fight these diseases. If an immunised person comes into contact with any of these diseases, the antibodies in their blood will fight these viruses and help protect against being infected.
Two doses of MMR will protect 99% of people against measles and rubella, and around 85% of people from mumps. A small number of people who are immunised may still become ill. If that happens, they usually get a milder illness than people who have not been immunised.
Check with your local doctor and/or your Plunket book (if you still have it!)
Most young people will have been given at least one dose of MMR in early childhood. However, changes to the Immunisation Schedule in 2001 and less effective reminder systems before 2005 mean that many teenagers and young adults have not had the two doses to be fully protected. If you have come from overseas, including the Pacific Islands, you may have had different vaccines that may not protect you against measles, mumps and rubella.
If you’re not sure whether you have had two doses of MMR, the Ministry of Health recommends you get vaccinated. There are no additional safety concerns with having extra doses.
MMR immunisation is FREE for anyone born after 1969
You can get the vaccine:
For more information:
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Suburb |
Pharmacy name |
Pharmacy address |
Phone |
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Auckland Central |
Chemist Warehouse Auckland - Lower Queen Street |
1/155 Queen Street |
09-941 4911 |
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Life Pharmacy Commercial Bay |
12/7 Queen Street |
09-302 5010 |
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Unichem 104 Queen Street Pharmacy |
104 Queen Street |
09-303 4253 |
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Unichem 238 Queen Street Pharmacy |
238 Queen Street |
09-379 4362 |
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Unichem Campus Pharmacy Auckland |
2 Alfred Street |
09-377 1991 |
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Unichem Queen Street Pharmacy |
280 Queen Street |
09-375 1537 |
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Unichem Wyndham Street Pharmacy |
33 Wyndham Street |
09-302 2564 |
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Unichem Wynyard Pharmacy |
58 Gaunt Street |
09-302 0367 |
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Birkenhead |
Unichem Birkenhead Pharmacy |
Shop 28, Highbury Mall, 37 Mokoia Road |
09-480 7418 |
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Blockhouse Bay |
Blockhouse Bay Pharmacy |
524 Blockhouse Bay Road |
09-627 9913 |
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Browns Bay |
Unichem Browns Bay Pharmacy |
66 Clyde Road |
09-478 7069 |
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Ellerslie |
Unichem Ellerslie Pharmacy |
125 Main Highway |
09-579 5520 |
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Glen Innes |
Chemist Warehouse Glen Innes |
133 Apirana Avenue |
09-941 4909 |
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Glenfield |
Life Pharmacy Glenfield |
Level 2, Glenfield Mall, 75 Bentley Avenue |
09-444 6403 |
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Grafton |
Auckland City Hospital Pharmacy |
Auckland City Hospital, 2 Park Road |
09-307 8997 |
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Greenlane |
Countdown Pharmacy Greenlane |
326 Great South Road |
09-523 0015 |
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Grey Lynn |
Countdown Pharmacy Ponsonby |
1/4 Williamson Avenue |
09-255 9789 |
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Home Pharmacy |
6/280 Richmond Road |
09-281 2812 |
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Unichem Grey Lynn Pharmacy |
580 Great North Road |
09-360 1159 |
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Unichem Surrey Pharmacy |
26 Surrey Crescent |
09-376 5928 |
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Helensville |
Unichem Helensville Pharmacy |
50 Commercial Road |
09-420 8861 |
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Henderson |
Lincoln Mall Pharmacy |
254 Lincoln Road |
09-838 8576 |
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Medi-Centre Pharmacy |
131 Lincoln Road |
09-838 8404 |
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Hobsonville |
Unichem Hobsonville Pharmacy |
7/124 Hobsonville Road |
09-416 8277 |
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Kelston |
Unichem Kelston Medical Pharmacy |
8A Archibald Road |
09-818 5345 |
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Kumeu |
Allen's Village Pharmacy |
90A Main Road |
09-412 8389 |
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Massey |
Royal Heights Pharmacy |
138 Royal Road |
09-833 9263 |
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Unichem Massey Pharmacy |
Unit D, 396 Don Buck Road |
09-833 7239 |
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Milford |
Unichem Milford Pharmacy |
174A Kitchener Road |
09-489 4107 |
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Mission Bay |
Life Pharmacy Eastridge |
215 Kepa Road |
09-528 6062 |
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Unichem Mission Bay Pharmacy |
3 Patteson Avenue |
09-521 0880 |
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Mount Albert |
Chemist Warehouse St Lukes |
9/1 Wagener Place |
09-941 4901 |
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Life Pharmacy St Lukes |
Shop 524; Westfield St Lukes, 80 St Lukes Road |
09-846 3213 |
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Mount Eden |
Balmoral Pharmacy |
Shop 3, 611 Dominion Road |
09-630 0366 |
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Countdown Pharmacy Mt Eden |
118 Valley Road |
09-255 9785 |
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Pharmacy 455 |
455 Mount Eden Road |
09-630 1341 |
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Mount Roskill |
Countdown Pharmacy Lynfield |
570 Hillsborough Road |
09-626 0632 |
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Countdown Pharmacy Mt Roskill |
112 Stoddard Road |
09-629 6374 |
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Unichem Richardson Road Pharmacy |
445 Richardson Road |
09-627 5912 |
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Unichem Roskill Village Pharmacy |
1490 Dominion Road Extension |
09-620 8599 |
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Mount Wellington |
Life Pharmacy Sylvia Park |
N049, Sylvia Park Mall, 286 Mount Wellington Highway |
09-573 1232 |
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Unichem Neill's Pharmacy |
Countdown Shopping Centre, 193 Mount Wellington Highway |
09-527 7514 |
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New Lynn |
New Lynn West Pharmacy |
84A Titirangi Road |
09-827 2185 |
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Unichem New Lynn Pharmacy |
19 Delta Avenue |
09-827 0850 |
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Newmarket |
Chemist Warehouse Westfield Newmarket |
309 Broadway |
09-941 4910 |
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Northcote |
Unichem Northcote Pharmacy |
1 Pearn Place |
09-480 8164 |
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Northcross |
Northcross Pharmacy |
855 East Coast Road |
09-478 5234 |
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Onehunga |
Unichem Onehunga Centre Pharmacy |
73 Church Street |
09-634 6744 |
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Unichem Onehunga Mainstreet Pharmacy |
227 Onehunga Mall |
09-636 6288 |
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Orewa |
Life Pharmacy Orewa |
8D Tamariki Avenue |
09-426 4087 |
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Orewa 0931 |
Unichem Hickeys Pharmacy |
16A Moana Avenue |
09-426 5659 |
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Panmure |
Unichem Panmure Pharmacy |
74 Queens Road |
09-527 7719 |
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Ponsonby |
Unichem Ponsonby Pharmacy |
1/283 Ponsonby Road |
09-376 2460 |
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Remuera |
Life Pharmacy Remuera |
320 Remuera Road |
09-524 5433 |
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Unichem Lunn Ave Pharmacy |
Unit 2, 110 Lunn Avenue |
09-570 5820 |
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Rosedale |
Healthcare Pharmacy Rosedale |
17/94 Rosedale Road |
09-948 4850 |
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Royal Oak |
Royal Oak Pharmacy |
703A Manukau Road |
09-625 7422 |
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Unichem Royal Oak Pharmacy |
13/691 Manukau Road |
09-624 3024 |
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Unichem Walls and Roche Pharmacy |
792 Manukau Road |
09-625 7488 |
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Saint Johns |
Life Pharmacy Meadowbank |
2/35 St Johns Road |
09-528 4608 |
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St Heliers |
Life Pharmacy St Heliers |
23 St Heliers Bay Road |
09-575 6699 |
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St Heliers Pharmacy |
12 Polygon Road |
09-950-3380 |
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Sunnynook |
Unichem Sunnynook Pharmacy |
4/106 Sunnynook Road |
09-410 4248 |
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Takapuna |
Shorecare Pharmacy |
Shop 8 Smales Farm, 74 Taharoto Road |
09-488 0880 |
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Te Atatu Peninsula |
Unichem Peninsula Pharmacy |
556 Te Atatu Road |
09-834 6303 |
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Te Atatu South |
Unichem All Seasons Pharmacy |
288 Te Atatu Road |
09-834 3067 |
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Titirangi |
Titirangi Pharmacy |
408 Titirangi Road |
09-817 7658 |
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Unichem Golf Road Pharmacy |
174 Golf Road |
09-817 7053 |
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Wairau Valley |
Unichem Northern Clinic Pharmacy |
Southern Cross Hospital, Entry A, 212 Wairau Road |
09-442 5727 |
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Warkworth |
Life Pharmacy Franklins |
48 Queen Street |
09-425 8014 |
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West Harbour |
West Harbour Pharmacy |
Shop 6, 45 Luckens Road |
09-416 1703 |
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Westgate |
Westgate Pharmacy |
Westgate Shopping Centre, 13F Maki Street |
09-831 0256 |
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Westmere |
Westmere Pharmacy |
170 Garnet Road |
09-378 6027 |
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Whangaparaoa - Manly |
Unichem Manly Pharmacy |
53B Rawhiti Road |
09-424 7708 |
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Whangaparaoa - Stanmore Bay |
Life Pharmacy Whangapaeraoa |
The Plaza, 10/719 Whangaparaoa Road |
09-424 7890 |
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Last updated 19.8.2020