Abstract
The aim of this report is to provide an overview of the health status of Pacific children and young people in New Zealand, and to assist those working to improve Pacific child and youth health to utilise all of the available evidence when developing programmes and interventions to address the health needs of Pacific children and young people.
Each of the indicators in this year’s report has been assigned to one of three main sections as follows:
• Issues More Common in Infancy
• Issues More Common in Children, or Common in both Children and Young People
• Issues More Common in Young People