5 November event: Annual co-creation showcase

Please register on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/1629217024979?aff=oddtdtcreator

Recent Event: Aged Care Consortium 25th September

Developing Resources and Spaces for Flourishing

📅 25 September 2025 | 9am–12pm
📍 507-G007, 28 Park Avenue, University of Auckland

As our population ages, the way we understand, and support older adults must evolve. This symposium brings together researchers, clinicians, designers, and community members to explore innovative models of care, co-created resources, and culturally grounded approaches to ageing well.

Programme highlights include:
LiLACS NZ – Long-Term Impacts on Care and Whānau (Prof. Ngaire Kerse)
He Kete Āwhina – A Community-Created Resource for Older Adults and Whānau (Dr Joanna Hikaka)
Dementia Design Aotearoa – Designing with Dignity (Keisha Rawiri & Guy Collier)
The Green House Project – A Model for Compassionate Long-Term Care (Fiona Tanis)
Singing Together – Give it a Go! (Alison Talmage)

This event is a celebration of co-created knowledge, community-led innovation, and culturally responsive care. Whether you’re a clinician, researcher, designer, or community member, there’s something here to inspire and inform your work.

Save the Date and join us in shaping the future of ageing in Aotearoa.

Register to attend on Eventbrite –

Aged Care Consortium 25 Sept 2025 – In Person register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/aged-care-consortium-25-sept-2025-in-person-tickets-1564856902119?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&keep_tld=1

Aged Care Consortium 25 Sept 2025 – Online register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/aged-care-consortium-25-sept-2025-online-tickets-1564938024759?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&keep_tld=1

Recent event: DIY Balcony Herb Garden Workshop, Sun, Sep 14, 2025

Auckland Central City Library, Lorne Street.

Recent event update: What Women Want: Co-Creation of a Lifestyle Intervention for Women after 40

Are you a woman aged 40 and over, currently going through menopause or navigating a lifestyle after it?

We’re inviting women like you to join an open session where your voice, experiences, and ideas will shape a new research project on improving lifestyle and physical activity in midlife and beyond.

This isn’t a lecture. It’s a conversation—and we’d like you to be a co-creator.

If you would like to help further, this is what you can expect to share and hear:

What helps or stops women from being active during or after menopause?
What kind of support or programs would feel realistic and doable?
How do cultural, emotional, and physical changes affect motivation and daily routines?
What do you want in a lifestyle program designed for women like you?
Your insights will directly guide the design of a research project that truly reflects women’s needs, priorities, and lived realities.
Ideas on community engagement and recruitment.

Please contact rebecca.meiring@auckland.ac.nz for information about future workshops

Recent event update: Let’s Talk About Ageism – Panel Discussion June 2025

From left to right: Nusch Herman, Dr Joanna Hikaka, Dr Chris Perkins, Dr Judy Blakey, Associate Professor Rich Wright and Dr Tamika Simpson

Thank you to everyone who came and contributed to this our inaugural
‘Let’s Talk About’ discussion

Thanks to everyone who attended and contributed enthusiastically to our discussion about Ageism. Feedback from our audience was that they appreciated the diversity of topics and panellists.

The presentations by our experts covered a wide range of topics, including Ageism in sport and recreation and the strategies we can employ to promote intergenerational participation in physical activities. Societal perspectives on Ageism, Ageism in Te Ao Māori – does it exist? and Ageism in aged care.

Some key themes emerged from our audience about the key opportunities and challenges for society with an ageing population:

Ageism /Societal Change – Need to address biases and behaviours, our attitudes and beliefs

Health and healthcare – Encouraging and providing opportunities to stay physically healthy and functioning, as well as mental health – connection – (poverty and isolation in older people)

Homecare alternatives to residential care

Ageism in the workforce

Future problems for NZ …poverty, workforce ageism

Funding and financial issues – lack of funding to implement change or support aged care

Intergenerational solutions – more young people working in aged care support.

Special thanks to all our expert panellists, contributors and supporters on the day with particular mention to:

Whaea Erana Poulson and Matua John Tuoru

Dr Chris Perkins, Consultant Psychiatrist and Author

Associate Professor Rich Wright, Co-Director, Centre for Ageing Well, AUT

Kylie Te Arihi and Trent Brown, Senior Advisors Māori & Pasifika, Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner

Dr Judy Blakey MNZM, Community Advisor and Age-Friendly Advocate.

We look forward to inviting you to our next Let’s Talk About discussion at the Centre for Co-Created Ageing, CCREATE-AGE

Past events

HOPE FOUNDATION Knowledge Exchange, held 8 May 2025

Venue : CCREATE-AGE Community Space, Building 903 Room 332, 314-390 Khyber Pass Rd, Newmarket, Auckland.

The Knowledge Exchange is an opportunity:

for emerging researchers (from any discipline relating to ageing) to present their research work.
to hear from leading New Zealand researchers in the field of ageing
to network and consider collaborations across disciplines
to be inspired and share knowledge.

Who should attend the annual Knowledge Exchange Day?

Students, Masters/PhD researchers, Advanced Trainees, Academics, anyone interested in the field of ageing research (including general public) should attend.

https://hopefoundation.org.nz/events/knowledge-exchange-25

The latest opportunities to become involved as a co-creator : gardening and technology, held 18 March, 2025

Looking for keen gardeners (Tamika and Lisa) Master Home Food Producers pilot project: Co creating ways to continue producing food at home. Older people grew up producing their own fruit and vegetables and this project will facilitate the passing on of older peoples’ skills with people in the community eager to learn.

The potential for digital tools to support mental health (Melanie Stowell, doctoral researcher)

Please contact Tamika if you are interested in these projects: tamika.simpson@auckland.ac.nz