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Flood relief grants to Ngāti Porou & Ngātiwai

To support kaumātua affected by the devastating flooding that affected communities in Northland and the East Cape earlier this year, The Selwyn Founda...

Flood relief grants to Ngāti Porou & Ngātiwai

Flood relief grants to Ngāti Porou & Ngātiwai

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New funding for Clean Brain research in support of Alzheimer's

New funding for Clean Brain research in support of Alzheimer's

As part of our strategic focus on dementia mate wareware, the Foundation is proud to co-fund the Clean Brain research study aimed at enabling earlier ...

New grants to support research and community innovation for ageing

New grants to support research and community innovation for ageing

The Selwyn Foundation has announced its funding of two new Ageing Well grants, carrying forward the vision of the former Ageing Well National Science ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Haumaru Housing: opening doors to brighter futures

Haumaru Housing: opening doors to brighter futures

The Foundation’s housing for older people joint venture with Auckland Council – Haumaru Housing – provides holistic tenancy and asset management ...

Helping vulnerable single older women access safe and affordable housing

Helping vulnerable single older women access safe and affordable housing

In 2025, we launched a pioneering partnership to fund, design and pilot an innovative social lending-based programme to improve access to safe, ...

Investing in older persons’ wellbeing through smart dementia support

Investing in older persons’ wellbeing through smart dementia support

In 2024/25, we announced our first impact investment in the older persons’ wellbeing market via a new, landmark agreement with Ōtepoti Dunedin-based ...

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 ...

Values-aligned investment for social good

Values-aligned investment for social good

The agreement with Elli Cares was announced on 15 May 2025 at the “Scaling Investments into Social Impact” forum co-hosted by the Foundation, the ...

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 ...

Helping to provide food relief for those in need

Helping to provide food relief for those in need

During the 2024/25 year – and in light of the ongoing cost of living crisis – the Foundation made special emergency grants of $100,000 each to social ...

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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Iwi Partnerships

Māori-led dementia respite care centre breaks new ground in Waikato

Māori-led dementia respite care centre breaks new ground in Waikato

Te Kōhao Health and The Selwyn Foundation have joined forces to provide much-needed support for kaumātua living with the complex illness and their ...

Flood relief grants to Ngāti Porou & Ngātiwai

Flood relief grants to Ngāti Porou & Ngātiwai

To support kaumātua affected by the devastating flooding that affected communities in Northland and the East Cape earlier this year, The Selwyn ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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Advocacy

First-ever measure of older people's poverty reveals nearly one in five living in hardship

First-ever measure of older people's poverty reveals nearly one in five living in hardship

The Selwyn Foundation was pleased to support the launch at Parliament on 19 August 2026 of the first-ever measure of older people's poverty in ...

Celebrating Founders’ Day 2026

Celebrating Founders’ Day 2026

On 22 May every year, our Selwyn family comes together to commemorate the official opening of Selwyn Village in 1954 – when we began our amazing ...

Housing challenges of older women living alone

Housing challenges of older women living alone

Good Shepherd New Zealand’s research on the housing challenges of older women living alone brings together the voices and experiences of thirteen ...

The Selwyn Foundation announces recipients of its new Ageing Well research grants

The Selwyn Foundation announces recipients of its new Ageing Well research grants

Backing Better Ageing: The Selwyn Foundation announces recipients of its new Ageing Well research grants The Selwyn Foundation has announced the ...

Your voice matters: ageing well in Aotearoa

Your voice matters: ageing well in Aotearoa

New Zealanders are living longer than ever before. With the right age-friendly conditions in place, many seniors can continue to contribute, stay ...

2026 "Business of Ageing" report launched by Office for Seniors

The latest “Business of Ageing” report highlights the scale and breadth of older people’s economic contribution to New Zealand Launched by Minister ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In Women’s Health Week, The Selwyn Foundation urges older women to put their health and wellbeing first for a change

In Women’s Health Week, The Selwyn Foundation urges older women to put their health and wellbeing first for a change

As a supporter of Aotearoa New Zealand’s inaugural Te Wiki Hauora Wāhine/Women’s Health Week, The Selwyn Foundation is encouraging all older women to ...

Double the Renters by 2048: Forum Calls on Local Candidates to Act Now on Senior Housing

Double the Renters by 2048: Forum Calls on Local Candidates to Act Now on Senior Housing

A secure home isn’t a luxury – it’s the foundation of dignity, health, and belonging. Yet for too many older New Zealanders, that foundation is ...

Promoting collaborative advocacy for healthy ageing

Promoting collaborative advocacy for healthy ageing

One of the central platforms for the Foundation’s advocacy is its leadership role in supporting the Aotearoa New Zealand National Forum for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Five pledges for investment in longer, better, more sustainable lives

The Selwyn Foundation co-sponsored Aotearoa New Zealand National Forum for the Decade of Healthy Ageing has called for urgent cross-sector action to ...

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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