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Received: 23 March 2025

Accepted: 15 July 2025

First Online: 25 August 2025

Declarations

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: This programme of work was approved by the New Zealand Central Health and Disability Ethics Committees (reference: 2023 EP 15148). Ethics approval for any amendments to the study protocol will be sought. Maintenance of confidentiality and compliance with NZ’s Privacy Act will be emphasised to all study participants. Participation in the study will be entirely voluntary. Written consent will be obtained from all participants for both studies prior to enrolling in the study. All data collected for Study 1 will be entered, stored and backed-up in a secure manner via an internet data management system. Qualitative data from study 2 will be initially stored as audio files on a secure password protected site prior to transcription. Transcription will be undertaken by a local transcription company that is ISO9001 and ISO27001 accredited. The transcription company will be required to sign and adhere to a data management agreement. Transcription will be undertaken by transcribers based in New Zealand. Both the recoding and transcription will be securely stored until after the study has finished to allow researchers to check that the transcription was accurate. Once the researchers have finished the analysis the audio recordings will be destroyed. If any participants suffer harm from study participation, they will be eligible for compensation via their private health or life insurance, or via NZ’s Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) scheme.

: No identifiable individual participant data (names or other personal identifiers) are contained in this manuscript.

: The authors declare no competing interests.