Well being New Zealand mentioned it was linked to the preliminary case reported on Friday final week.
It brings the overall variety of circumstances of the extremely contagious illness within the area to 6, with one other one confirmed however unrelated in Queenstown.
Each new Northland circumstances are shut contacts who’ve been in quarantine whereas infectious.
There are additionally a number of new areas of curiosity, primarily in Queenstown and Cromwell in Central Otago, but in addition in Northland, following ongoing contact tracing efforts.
“Whereas these circumstances in several elements of the nation are unrelated to one another, each have hyperlinks to current worldwide journey to international locations experiencing outbreaks,” Nationwide Public Well being Companies spokeswoman Dr Sharon Sime mentioned in the present day.
“So, it is an essential reminder that for anybody planning to journey abroad, please be sure to are updated with two doses of the MMR vaccine, which gives the most effective safety towards measles.”
It comes after well being authorities warned anybody who went to a manufacturing at Kerikeri Excessive College earlier this month to remain house to forestall the unfold of measles.
Well being NZ added a college play known as Monsters, at 7pm on September 17, to its checklist of “areas of curiosity” – locations the place folks might have been uncovered to the virus.
It mentioned anybody who attended the occasion however had not but been contacted by public well being workers ought to keep house and name Healthline urgently on 0800 611 116.
Sime mentioned with college holidays persevering with this week, it was a superb time for folks and households to double test their immunisation standing. It was significantly essential for folks within the Northland, Queenstown and Cromwell communities to observe themselves for measles signs.
They embody fever, cough, runny nostril, sore eyes and a rash.
