Starting from 6 April, every Sunday you will receive a new weekly survey link to report if you have any ILI symptoms or not, and/or recent influenza vaccination.
If we don’t hear from you, a reminder with the latest link will be sent on Wednesday. A new link is sent out each week, so it is important to use the most recent survey link you have to update your survey.
You can use the most recent weekly survey link to report any new or worsening ILI symptoms at any time during the same week in which you receive the link.
Our team will look over your survey responses to determine if you need to be contacted to discuss your symptoms, and you may be asked to do a self-swab to test for respiratory viruses.
It is also important to respond to the survey if you don't have any symptoms - it only takes a few seconds to respond 'No'. This information is important as it allows us to estimate the weekly ILI rate more accurately and completely.
Self-swab collection will start from 7 April 2025.
Please only use the self-swab kit when asked to do so by the WellKiwis team.
Please dispose of all 2024 swab kits as you will be sent new kits for the 2025 flu season.
WellKiwis is a study about influenza, which will be our main priority for the 2025 season. You therefore don't need to tell us about any COVID-19 vaccinations, and we won't collect blood samples in relation to COVID-19.
For participants providing their post flu vaccine bloods at Awanui Labs, please note blood sample collection is now available for WellKiwis at Upper Hutt, but Courtenay Place is no longer available for WellKiwis. Awanui Labs opening times
eGift Cards
To recognise your time and effort in providing samples for the WellKiwis study, you are given a $30 egift card for each sample provided. If you have any issues using your egift card, please click the below link for instructions: