From the very beginning of Brain Research New Zealand – Rangahau Roro Aotearoa (BRNZ), it has been our aim to partner with Māori to help improve Māori health outcomes and to support the development of a thriving Māori neuroscience and healthcare workforce. Engaging...
The theme of 2018's Wiki o Te Reo Māori is "Kia kaha te Reo Māori", let's make the Māori language strong! One of Brain Research New Zealand's key strategic goals is to partner with Māori in a meaningful way. To do this - and to play our little part in making the Māori...
Dr Margaret Dudley (Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri and Ngāti Kahu) is a clinical psychologist and researcher with BRNZ. In 2016 she was awarded over a million dollars by the Health Research Council to undertake a 48 month project to develop a Māori approach to the assessment...
The Ōtepoti (Dunedin) wānanga was held at Puketeraki Marae, Karitāne 21-23 November 2016. This followed on from the successful Tāmaki wānanga at Hoani Waititi marae in Auckland on the 11th of October. At these two wānangas, researchers and clinicians located in Tāmaki...
Misdiagnosis of dementia in Māori has prompted a three year study by Dr Margaret Dudley, a University of Auckland psychologist. The study into the relationship between Māori and dementia is the first of its kind in New Zealand, and has so far received more than $1...