Talavou o le Moana summarises key findings for Pacific secondary school students in the areas of ethnic and gender identity; family and faith; socioeconomic environments and housing; education; friends and community connections; physical, mental and sexual health; substance use; and healthcare access. This data report gives a vital snapshot into the lives of Pacific young people. This information was collected as part of the Youth19 Rangatahi Smart Survey, the latest in the Youth2000 survey series conducted by the Adolescent Health Research Group (AHRG). The findings highlight the resilience and strength of Pacific talavou (young people), and the complexities they must navigate.

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You can watch the launch of this report here.

This paper uses data from Youth19 and previous Youth2000 surveys to explore the influence of health policies on Indigenous adolescent health in Aotearoa New Zealand.

In this series of reports to be published in 2022 we use survey data from Youth19 to explore life for young people who report being involved with Oranga Tamariki or Child Youth and Family Services.

This report focuses on the lives of takatāpui and rainbow young people from mainstream schools, alternative education, and those not in education, employment or training. The report explores topics for trans-gender and same-sex or multiple-sex attracted young people, including their cultural identity, home and housing, health and wellbeing, and community involvement for takatāpui and rainbow young people who have never been involved with Oranga Tamariki, and who have ever been involved.

This narrative review summarises the latest evidence on the causes and consequences of substance use in adolescence and describes long-term trends in adolescent alcohol, tobacco and cannabis use in Aotearoa.

In this series of reports to be published in 2022 we use survey data from Youth19 to explore life for young people who report being involved with Oranga Tamariki or Child Youth and Family Services.

This report focuses on the community involvement, substance use, school life, and violence for young people who have never been involved with Oranga Tamariki, ever been involved, and are currently involved.

In this article author Jude Ball explores the high levels of vaping and nicotine use reported by students who participated in the Youth19 survey.

The Youth19 survey provided participants with the option to receive links to digital health interventions. This article by lead author Roshini Peiris-John from The University of Auckland discusses how young people and health providers were engaged with to best understand the needs of users and shape the interventions website that survey participants were sent.

This report highlights findings from the Youth19 Rangatahi Smart Survey (Youth19) about smoking, vaping, alcohol use, and use of marijuana and other drugs.

“Vaping at least weekly was more prevalent among students living in small towns (12%) than in urban areas (7%), and among older students. Similar differences were found for using e-cigarettes monthly or more often. In contrast to cigarette smoking, regular vaping (weekly or monthly) was more common in low, rather than high deprivation communities…”

Youth19 is the first New Zealand survey to explore vaping in secondary school students of all ages. This factsheet presents our key findings.

Download the fact sheet here