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.
![Tangimoana Beach man William Seabrook lined up for his first jab at Rongotea.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/S3ONWH6TC4RMGOB7BUJ6IMGFB4.jpg?auth=459e716d0dc6fc06c2823827dcc3659ad1fc6da17795f1629ccf0f5367c70450&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
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.