The Ministry of Health has started using enthusiastic young Kiwis, to spread the good word around immunisation.

 

It's released a series of new videos, explaining the benefits of the 11- and 12-year vaccines.

Health Minister Jonathan Coleman hopes the videos will help boost the number of older children getting their vaccines.

He says rates of infant immunisation have grown steadily in recent years, but 11- and 12-year-olds haven't kept pace.

Coleman says immunisation rates for infants have improved dramatically in recent years.