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Rangatahi youth-led dissemination campaign for co-created eating and wellbeing guidelines

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Rangatahi Māori have successfully co-created a low-cost digital media campaign to disseminate the Manaora Rangatahi Guidelines, using peer to-peer messaging and videos. Rangatahi (n = 17) co-developed a Dissemination plan, filmed video clips for each of the 20 guideline messages, and supported the 20-week digital media campaign. Video clips were professionally developed with support from three Māori influencers and a video production company. Two videos, each covering one eating and one wellbeing guideline message, were released every fortnight over 20 weeks. The campaign achieved 1.48 million impressions and >19,000 engagement actions on Instagram and TikTok. Paid promotion strategies boosted the number of impressions generated. The estimated total cost of the campaign was NZD 125,000.

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I love these two studies because rangatahi were not treated as participants but as genuine partners. The success of the social media campaign – with almost 1.5 million impressions – shows that Indigenous youth-led approaches are successful – we just need to trust them to lead it.
Reference: JMIR Form Res. 2026;10:e71833
Independent commentary by Dr. Matire Hardwood

Dr Matire Harwood (Ngapuhi) has worked in Hauora Māori, primary health and rehabilitation settings as clinician and researcher since graduating from Auckland Medical School in 1994. She also holds positions on a number of boards, committees and advisory groups including the Health Research Council. Matire lives in Auckland with her whānau including partner Haunui and two young children Te Rangiura and Waimarie.

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