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Chlamydia by district

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Chlamydia by district

District health board areas with the highest rates of chlamydia infection in 2009 were Tairāwhiti (Poverty Bay and East Coast), Lakes (Rotorua and Taupō) and Hawke's Bay.

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Source: Public Health Surveillance, Sexually transmitted infections in New Zealand: annual surveillance report 2009

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Jane Tolerton, Sexual health – Sexual health, 1945 to the 21st century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/map/27215/chlamydia-by-district (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Jane Tolerton, published 30 March 2011.