Gabriel Everett from indie pop band Foley is training to become a COVID-19 vaccinator in a bid to help more Kiwis get immunised and secure a New Zealand summer filled with live music events.
Speaking with The Hits radio station on Monday morning, Everett revealed as well as being a musician, he also has a degree in paramedicine.
"I thought I'd do my bit and show up and do the training and get people vaxxed," he explained, adding how much he wanted to get back to performing on stage, but also how important it was to provide job security to everyone in the live music industry.
"It's us being on stage but it's the people that put up the stage and do the sound and the lights and organise the event in the first place - it's all dependent on vaccinations to get back to that normal Kiwi summer," he said.
"It's all a bit of a mess at the moment but we'll get there."
The 'Cola' hitmaker was praised by The Hits Breakfast hosts Jono Pryor and Ben Boyce for taking action to help his community, but Everett said that was something all New Zealanders could do by getting the jabs themselves.
"Vaccination is one of those things that you can definitively do for yourself - obviously you do it for your whānau and your family and everyone else, but you can take that step yourself and get vaccinated and that's doing your part for the country as well, so I think that's pretty cool," he said.
Everett said he was undertaking "COVID-specific training" alongside his pre-existing medical qualifications, explaining that "everyone who is giving you a vaccine is well trained, they know exactly what they're doing".
When asked what his message was for people who remained vaccine hesitant, Everett said: "It's the one thing that you can do to protect yourself, and that kind of comes first and foremost, because if you're protected, then someone else is going to be protected as well and they're not going to end up in hospital, they're not going to end up severely sick."
"It's that kind of thing, if you're in a plane, they go 'put your mask on before helping others' so just make sure that you do your bit, and everyone will be safe around you," he added.
Over the weekend, Aotearoa celebrated its best ever day for daily doses of COVID-19 vaccination, with almost 130,000 jabbed on Super Saturday.
