An Auckland primary school has been closed by Auckland Regional Public Health Service after a number of pupils and staff came down with a vomiting bug.
Willowbank School in Howick has published a message on its website saying: "We have been officially closed by the Ministry of Health, parents and caregivers can you please collect your children from school immediately."
Principal Deidre Alderson said the decision to close the school had been made to "break the cycle" of infection after the number of children and staff sick with vomiting spiked.
"We have had a number of children and staff who have been affected by the tummy bug over the last few weeks but it escalated quite sharply over the last couple of days."
She said the bug was gastroenteritis and the decision was made to close the school after consultation with health departments.
