Our lives are impacted by multiple and shifting identities. For young people on the cusp of adulthood, understanding who they are and where they fit in is essential to their health and influences their future.

Here in Aotearoa New Zealand we stand on many faultlines: ethnic, cultural and gender. Despite this richness of experience, ethnic minorities, defined here as Asian, Middle Eastern, Latin American or African, are under-studied and often left uncounted. Within ethnic minorities those identifying with an additional minority identity such as gender diverse, disabled, from financially constrained backgrounds are also largely invisible to researchers and statisticians.