William Seabrook can't get cellphone reception where he lives at Tangimoana Beach.
The 65-year-old pensioner had been toying with getting the Covid-19 vaccination, so when he switched on the wireless early this morning and heard there was a pop-in clinic just down the road at Rongotea, he took the chance to get a jab.
He put the dog in the back and drove 12km to Rongotea. Within minutes he had received his first Covid-19 vaccination, and 15 minutes later he was off to the supermarket.
"It's pension day so I was going into town to get the groceries anyway," he said.