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Masters-Awatere, Bridgette
Howard, Darelle
Awatere, Shaun
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment (C01X1901)
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Article History
Received: 25 October 2024
Accepted: 14 August 2025
First Online: 26 September 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Ethical approval for the research was obtained from the University of Waikato Human Research Ethics Health Committee in August 2020 (ref HREC(Health)2020#61). Subsequent locality approvals were obtained from Waikato DHB (September 2020) and Lakes DHB (October 2020). Ethical approval for the subsequent studies Environmental Scan (ref HREC(Health)2021#51) and Rangatahi Voice (ref HREC(Health)2021#52) were received in August 2021. Investigating access to national health statistics began September 2021. An application to undertake analysis of data within the integrated data infrastructure (IDI) of Statistics New Zealand was approved in March 2022 (ref MAA2022‐08). All research was performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines of each institution. All research was performed in accordance with the guidelines and ethical principles regarding human experimentation noted within the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Informed written consent was obtained from all participants involved in the study prior to the interviews being conducted via written consent forms. Information sheets and consent forms were provided to each participant prior to their interview. At that time, participants were informed about the study’s objectives, the confidentiality of their responses, and their right to withdraw at any time without consequences. Once participants were satisfied that any questions or concerns had been addressed, written consent was obtained. The process occurred before every interview. By signing the consent form, participants voluntarily agreed to participate and have their interviews recorded, transcribed and analysed for the research. All interviews took place between August and November 2021. Transcriptions were offered to every participant for confirmation and editing before being used as data for research purposes and dissemination. All interviews were anonymised to protect participant identity.
