# Ageing Well National Science Challenge — Ka Mua Ka Muri: A decade of ageing well in Aotearoa and beyond Document ID: doc-0128 Publisher/source: Ageing Well National Science Challenge Physical PDF pages: 116 Catalogue document/version date: 2024-04 Original capture/access label: June 2026 Original and primary sources reviewed: 10 October 2026 [Preserved bundled original](/pdfs/2024%20-%20Ageing%20Well%20Challenge%20-%20Ka%20Mua%20Ka%20Muri.pdf) [Primary publisher PDF](https://www.ageingwellchallenge.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Ageing-Well-Ka-Mua-Ka-Muri-WEB-Version-small.pdf) [Publisher context page](https://www.ageingwellchallenge.co.nz/ka-mua-ka-muri/) ## What the document contributes An accessible April 2024 retrospective of the Ageing Well National Science Challenge, especially its 2019–2024 research phase. Edited by Kylie Bailey and Allanah Robinson, the book brings together project stories on wellbeing, connection, age-friendly living and community, with Māori leadership, mātauranga Māori and equity central to its account. Relevant chapters cover deterioration monitoring, the Te Roro brain-health project, Pacific talanoa, informal caregiver distress, frailty and community programmes. It records research methods, reported progress and future ambitions; these are historical project accounts, not a current service directory, clinical protocol or independent evaluation of all programme outcomes. ## Included material - Credits, kaumātua introduction, contents and Challenge overview (physical pp. 3–11) - Equity and Phase Two highlights (pp. 16–23) - Tinana: wellbeing, deterioration monitoring and Māori/Pacific brain health (pp. 24–47) - Tātai hono: connection, caregivers and young Pacific carers (pp. 48–59) - Kaumātuatanga: age-friendly living, transport and frailty (pp. 60–75) - Hāpori: community research, exercise, injury prevention and mana motuhake (pp. 76–95) - Relationships, reported impacts, legacies and directors’ reflections (pp. 96–114) ## Substantive findings - The credits explicitly state Published April 2024 and identify editors Kylie Bailey and Allanah Robinson, science-story writer Ursula Cochran and front/back-section writer Laura Hikawai-Goodall. (Physical p. 3.) - The book presents a decade of research and primarily the 2019–2024 Phase Two programme. Its themes include wellbeing, connection, age-friendly living and community, with Māori leadership and community partnership central to the account. (Physical pp. 6, 8, 9, 18.) - The DEWS chapter describes developing a deterioration-monitoring tool through clinical-record analysis and interviews with residents, whānau and health workers. Reported development and intended spread do not establish a current universal clinical requirement. (Physical pp. 26, 27, 28.) - Te Roro research draws on mātauranga Māori and the whare tūpuna to describe brain health through Te Whare o Oro. This is a culturally grounded research/resource account, not a demonstrated cure or a universal diagnostic test. (Physical pp. 35, 36, 37.) - The Pacific brain-health project involved Tongan, Tokelauan and Tuvaluan communities in Auckland and Wellington using talanoa, workshops and stakeholder interviews. These selected community accounts are not all-Pacific prevalence estimates. (Physical pp. 38, 39, 40.) - The caregiver chapter describes analysis of interRAI assessments from over 144,000 older adults across 2012–2020. Its distress definition includes inability to continue care, helper distress/anger/depression or family/friend overwhelm; this assessed-recipient cohort is not a survey of all New Zealand carers. (Physical pp. 50, 51, 52.) - The closing chapters describe reported impacts and aspirations for knowledge sharing and community ownership after the Challenge ends. The publication does not verify the current funding or delivery of every project described. (Physical pp. 107, 108, 109.) ## Identity, dates and provenance Physical p. 3 / printed p. 1 expressly says Published April 2024. PDF creation is 4 April and modification 9 May 2024; the upload path is May 2024. The publisher launch story is dated 13 May 2024 and retrospectively describes a symposium launch. These dates do not establish a particular first-publication day. The original SHA-256 is f644803a78fbda57d8455924c75e754031bb8bc6b0945521a606fd6a9a3207c8 (8,182,783 bytes); the live publisher-linked download was byte-identical when checked on 10 October 2026. The earlier Parliament homepage catalogue link was not this specific document’s publisher source. Original PDF, filename and June 2026 capture/access are retained. Review day, metadata production dates, document/version dates and subsequent publications are distinct. ## Practical use and implications - Identify culturally grounded research approaches and relevant projects, then consult the underlying studies and current local partners before adapting methods or commissioning services. - The account supports examining equity, community ownership and partnership in research design; it does not itself mandate national service standards. - Reported tools and community programmes offer leads for further evaluation; confirm evidence, training, permissions and current implementation before adopting them. - The book can help whānau formulate questions about culturally appropriate support and carers’ needs; current diagnosis, treatment and local access require present guidance. ## Historical and current context Physical p. 3 explicitly says Published April 2024; May 2024 PDF upload/modification clues and the [13 May publisher launch story](https://www.ageingwellchallenge.co.nz/ka-mua-ka-muri/) are separate dates. The preserved 116-page file matched the current publisher download on 10 October 2026. For present clinical information use [Health NZ dementia guidance](https://www.healthnz.govt.nz/health-topics/conditions-treatments/brain-and-nerves/dementia); the book’s research tools and reported uptake do not establish current nationwide availability. ## Evidence boundaries Historical accessible research retrospective, primarily Phase Two 2019–2024, published April 2024. May upload/modification and launch-story dates are distinct from the printed publication month. Project descriptions, reported uptake and future intentions are not a current service inventory, clinical protocol or independently verified programme-wide outcomes. Caregiver observations arise from recipient assessments, not all carers; no national present-day distress rate is inferred. Raw extraction repeats some off-layout footer numbers, so physical page references are used. Original PDF, filename, hash and June 2026 capture/access are preserved; current publisher download matched on 10 October 2026. The caregiver story’s approximate 35% (2012) and 47% (end of 2020) distress figures describe its historical interRAI-derived observations. They are not promoted here as current prevalence among all carers. The book is a narrative research resource; individual study methods and subsequent implementation require separate verification. Raw extraction includes repeated off-layout footer numbers, so this note cites physical pages. ## Primary context references - [Primary source](https://www.ageingwellchallenge.co.nz/ka-mua-ka-muri/) - [Primary source](https://www.healthnz.govt.nz/health-topics/conditions-treatments/brain-and-nerves/dementia) ## Research evidence Complete original page text, metadata, hashes, primary download equality, publisher links, current-context captures and source limits are preserved in artifacts/research/dementia-and-commissioner-source-audit-2026-10-10.json. The Ministry endorsement page was readable through the web tool; direct Python retrieval returned 403, so the fixture distinguishes the retained excerpt hash from unavailable HTML bytes.