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January 6, 2026 | Featured News
SummerSeries: The Growing Challenge of Dementia — A Māori Lens on a National Health Issue
Dementia is no longer a distant concern for future generations – it is here, growing, and already affecting whānau across […]
March 10, 2026
November 13, 2025 | Paakiwaha
Dr Etuini Ma’u | being Bilingual could lower the risk of dementia
Dr Etuini Ma’u is a dementia researcher and lecturer in psychological medicine at the University of Auckland, whose work explores how bilingualism and multilingualism can slow brain ageing and reduce dementia risk RNZ.
November 6, 2025 | Featured News
Dr Makarena Dudley on Māori-specific Dementia programme
Dr Makarena Dudley, from the University of Auckland's Centre for Brain Research, helps deliver a Māori-specific programme proven to help improve patients with dementia mate wareware.
March 24, 2025 | Paakiwaha
Pita Tipene | Chair of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Hine
The Selwyn Foundation and Ngāti Whatua Orakei have partnered to deliver a Māori-led centre providing care for kaumātua who have mate wareware (dementia).
November 25, 2024 | News
Māori forum explores Māori dementia care solutions
Last Friday, over 100 representatives from 12 iwi and leading Māori healthcare providers gathered in Auckland for a Mate Wareware Wānanga/Dementia Iwi Forum focused on kaupapa Māori approaches to dementia care.
September 6, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Dr ‘Etuini Ma’u | University of Auckland Lead Author for Dementia Research
Dr ‘Etuini Ma’u from the University of Auckland is the lead author of new research demonstrating that social disadvantage is […]
July 30, 2024 | News
Games way to slow mental decline
A trust serving Hamilton kaumātua wants to use brain games to keep our kuia and koroua mentally sharp.
February 28, 2024 | News
Tikanga training for dementia carers
Te Hau Ora o Ngāpuhi and the University of Auckland's Centre for Brain Research have developed a new dementia care programme incorporating tikanga Māori.
February 27, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Dr Makarena Dudley | Deputy-Director (Māori) of the Centre for Brain Research
A first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at enhancing the quality of mate wareware or dementia care will launch today in Ahipara.
January 25, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Dr Haruna Suzuki-Kerr | Research Fellow Sensory Physiology
Hearing loss is the second most common cause of disability after depression and is also a mid-age risk factor for dementia. Māori are overrepresented in the deaf community with 32% over the age of 65 years report experiencing hearing loss.
- Radio Waatea is Auckland's only Māori radio station that provides an extensive bi-lingual broadcast to its listeners. Based at Nga Whare Waatea marae in Mangere, it is located in the middle of the biggest Māori population in Aotearoa.
