26/10/2025
Kia ora
Important Health Notice: Measles Case at Wellington College
Instructions for all Year 11 Students and Specific Year 11 Staff
A person in
Year 11 who attended Wellington College on Monday 13, Tuesday 14 and
Wednesday 15 October
has been diagnosed with measles. They were infectious while at
school on these dates.
The person also travelled by bus (Wellington College school bus
#736) the mornings of
Monday 13 October and Wednesday 15 October during their infectious period.
Measles is a highly infectious illness that can make you very unwell if you are not
immune.
PLEASE STAY HOME
The National Public Health Service will be contacting
all Year 11 students and specific
Year 11 staff who are considered to have had close contact with the case between 13 –
15 October and will provide specific advice.
We are advising all Year 11 students and specific Year 11 staff to please stay home
and wait for the public health team to make contact with you. Your immunisation
history will be checked, and you will be advised when you are able to return to
school
SYMPTOMS
Students or staff could be showing early signs of illness starting from
Monday
20 October through to
Wednesday 5 November.
Any student or staff member who has symptoms of measles (fever, cough,
sore red eyes or skin rash) should:
• Stay home (or wherever you are currently located if travelling)
• Phone Healthline on 0800-611-116
• Tell Healthline you are unwell and that your school has a measles case.
• Follow instructions given by Healthline.
Please get your immunisation records ready
All staff and families of students in Year 11 are asked to please try to locate your
immunisation records or evidence of measles infection before the public health team
phone you.
Locations of Interest
You may notice Wellington College is listed on Health New Zealand’s
Locations of
Interest page. A location of interest is a place a person with measles visited.
Protecting the identity of the person with measles
If you know the identity of the person with measles, please do not share this as it is
personal health information.
Ongoing support and Measles Information Sheet The National Public Health Service will continue to support and advise affected families
throughout the quarantine period.
Information about measles can be found on our webs
ite here. An information sheet
about measles is also attached.
Ngā mihi
Medical Officer of Health
National Public Health Service | Te Ikaroa – Central
Greater Wellington and Wairarapa