Commitment / Standing Tall New Zealand

Understanding how StandingTall can best benefit Maori and Pasifika communities

We acknowledge the health inequities in Māori and Pasifika communities, where excess injury-related disability and poorer recovery outcomes exist in all age groups.

We support the Australia-New Zealand Indigenous Collaboration Agreement, signed in 2020 and we are committed to reducing this inequity through ongoing studies on indigenous communities on both sides of the Tasman.

"A very good experience, making me more aware when walking which is very important to me."

StandingTall user

Co-designing to create generational change

StandingTall has always been built for, and with, older people. This co-design approach is central our approach to improving health ourcomes in Maori and Pasifika communities

Our commitment to equity in health

A major study currently underway is a trans-Tasman collaboration between NeuRA and the University of Auckland. In Australia, Kim and her team are trialling StandingTall with 200 Aboriginal participants in urban and rural settings.

In Auckland, long time colleague, Prof Ngaire Kerse is heading the same study using Kaupapa Māori methods with participants from Maori communities.

These studies aim to ensure equity that the unique requirements of these and other communities are met, so that we can create a truly equitable solution for all.

Scope of collaboration and commitment to equity

We are committed to generational change in health delivery and we have some of the finest research and development team in the world working together to ensure we properly engage with Maori and Pasifika communities.

Born from these learnings, we will be able to design a holistic programme based around StandingTall that takes into account cultural and spiritual connections and provides meaningful engagement.