CoVID-19: Parent and caregiver concerns about reopening New Zealand schools.

Parents and caregivers were generally fearful of their children acquiring CoVID-19 at school. This was despite messaging from multiple trusted sources that transmission in schools is unlikely, and the number of NZ CoVID-19 cases being extremely low. These findings have implications for policy development and public health messaging both in NZ and in countries with ongoing community transmission of CoVID-19.