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Housing security for older people must be on the local election agenda

Housing security for older people must be on the local election agenda

Denise Cosgrove, CEO of The Selwyn Foundation and Chair of the Aotearoa New Zealand National Forum for the Decade of Healthy Ageing/He Oranga ...

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What kind of country do we want to grow old in?

What kind of country do we want to grow old in?

Denise Cosgrove, Chair of the Aotearoa New Zealand National Forum for the Decade of Healthy Ageing and CEO of The Selwyn Foundation Each of us hopes ...

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Pioneering iwi mate wareware wānanga/dementia forum

Pioneering iwi mate wareware wānanga/dementia forum

On 22 November 2024, the Foundation jointly hosted with Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei a major iwi mate wareware wānanga (dementia iwi forum), attended by ...

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Historic kawenata/Memorandum of Understanding signed with Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei

Historic kawenata/Memorandum of Understanding signed with Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei

A significant development has been our partnering with Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei on a range of capability development and knowledge-sharing initiatives, in ...

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New research into kaumātua health and wellbeing

New research into kaumātua health and wellbeing

In 2024/25, the Foundation funded a Ngāti Hine Kaumātua Needs Assessment research project which was conducted by the Kingi Ihaka Research Centre in ...

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Te Hauora Mahara – providing Mātauranga Māori-inspired care solutions

Te Hauora Mahara – providing Mātauranga Māori-inspired care solutions

A major work programme is currently underway with five Iwi groups across Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Te Tai Tokerau Northland and Kirikiriroa Hamilton ...

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Belonging as an ageing Asian, new research by Emeritus Professor of Diversity Edwina Pio ONZM

Belonging as an ageing Asian, new research by Emeritus Professor of Diversity Edwina Pio ONZM

Executive summary In a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world, migration and ageing are omnipresent phenomena. Population ageing is one of ...

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Knocking ageism on the head – interview on ‘The Detail’ with Chief Executive Denise Cosgrove

Knocking ageism on the head – interview on ‘The Detail’ with Chief Executive Denise Cosgrove

The Selwyn Foundation’s Chief Executive Denise Cosgrove was interviewed this week for RNZ/Newsroom’s ‘The Detail’ on ageism and the implications for ...

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