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2025 Ka Mākona report highlights seniors’ income inadequacy

2025 Ka Mākona report highlights seniors’ income inadequacy

The 2025 Ka Mākona report on income inadequacy in Aotearoa New Zealand, released last week by Kore Hiakai Zero Hunger Collective, looks at the income ...

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Supporting older men’s health through Men’s Sheds

Supporting older men’s health through Men’s Sheds

Older men are also a group whose circumstances can render them vulnerable in various ways, and the Foundation has supported MENZSHED New Zealand ...

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Largest-ever grant supports Mātauranga Māori palliative care project

Largest-ever grant supports Mātauranga Māori palliative care project

We awarded our largest single grant to date – $275,000 – to Te Arahanga o Ngā Iwi Inc for their groundbreaking Māori palliative care project. This ...

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The Selwyn Foundation supports new research into the health and wellbeing benefits of Men’s Sheds for members

The Selwyn Foundation supports new research into the health and wellbeing benefits of Men’s Sheds for members

The Selwyn Foundation was delighted to support Emeritus Professor Edwina Pio’s new research into the health and wellbeing impact of Men’s Sheds on ...

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Community Conversations discuss ageing in Thames and creating a great place for all to grow older

Community Conversations discuss ageing in Thames and creating a great place for all to grow older

“How will we work together to make a difference to the policy frameworks that will enable us and future generations to age well in our communities?” ...

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Pari-one-taka: a deepening connection to place

Pari-one-taka: a deepening connection to place

To celebrate our Anglican history of 70 years at the Selwyn Village site in Point Chevalier, Auckland, we were honoured to work with Ngāti Whātua ...

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Northern Iwi Leaders’ symposia: identifying new pathways for kaumātua care

Northern Iwi Leaders’ symposia: identifying new pathways for kaumātua care

With disproportionately high rates of chronic illness, early diagnoses of mate wareware dementia and lower life expectancy amongst kaumātua, it is ...

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The Selwyn Foundation supports the need to respond with targeted interventions to prevent homelessness among older women

The Selwyn Foundation supports the need to respond with targeted interventions to prevent homelessness among older women

The Selwyn Foundation supports the need to respond with targeted interventions to prevent homelessness amongst women (and older women, in particular) ...

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