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Rauawaawa Kaumatua Charitable Trust

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A Kaumātua-led organisation, with 5 key areas of focus: education, health & well-being, housing, recreation and welfare support services for those 55+.

Our Kaumātua inspired, cookie cutter facility upgrade fundraisers are online here www.buyreka.com

13/06/2026

He mihi aroha! ❤️

Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who has already secured a place on our Legacy Wall. We are humbled by the incredible support shown for our Kaumātua, Rauawaawa and our shared vision for Te Puna o Te Ora (our nearly old facility).

This beautiful photo was taken at the 1941 opening of Te Puna o Te Ora with the very brief related newspaper article beside it.

A quick update on our Legacy fundraiser for the final stage of our Dementia and Age-Friendly Facility Upgrade.

Our Individual Plaques are now completely sold out 🎊 He mihi aroha ki a koutou❤️
From Aotearoa to manuhiri we hosted and whānau from the USA, thank you all very very much for your tautoko🙏

There are still two opportunities remaining for you, your whānau, hapū, iwi or organisation to leave your mark, show support and be forever remembered as part of the group who helped complete the final stage of our Dementia and Age Friendly Facility Upgrade:

✨ Legacy Wall Plaques – $300
✨ Corporate Legacy Plaques – $1,750 (only 3 remaining)

👉 Secure your plaque today: https://buyreka.com/collections/85th-anniversary-celebration

Together, we are building on a legacy that began in 1941. ❤️

18/05/2026

Learning from Super-Aged Societies: Prime Minister’s Scholarship Study Tour – Japan & Singapore.

A team from Rauawaawa Kaumātua Charitable Trust, including Shobana Reddy (Systems Innovator, Healthy Families Te Ngira), recently returned from a six-week Prime Minister’s Scholarship study tour through Japan and Singapore to learn how “super-aged societies” support people to live longer, healthier lives.

In Japan, where more than a quarter of the population is over 65, the team presented kaupapa Māori approaches at an international ageing conference in Tokyo, and visited the Ainu Cultural Centre to reflect on Indigenous identity, culture and wellbeing. Site visits across Japan also highlighted practical, place-based ideas such as age-friendly housing and the “Fukuoka 100” initiative.

A standout was Okinawa, visiting Ōgimi and Nakijin villages, part of Japan’s internationally recognised “Blue Zone”. In Ōgimi, the team met kaumātua who were still gardening daily in their late 80s, growing and sharing fresh kai, and checking in on neighbours like whānau. Their advice was simple and consistent: keep a routine, move your body every day, eat well, and stay connected to your hapori. The team also learned about shikuwasa, a local citrus that is grown, shared and celebrated, showing how everyday food traditions can sit at the heart of hauora. In Nakijin they visited a fit and spritely centenarian (104) cared for by whānau, her advice on stress: just let it go. The local GP caring for many centenarians offered the following advice: healthy ageing is influenced across the whole life span, not only in old age.

The tour concluded in Singapore at the World Ageing Festival 2026, where the team shared the 20-year journey of the Kaumātua Olympics, celebrating culture, movement and joy as essentials of wellbeing. While attending the 14th Asia Pacific Eldercare Innovation Awards dinner, the team also received a Special Recognition Award, recognising the impact and innovation of the Kaumātua Olympics and affirming the value of kaupapa Māori approaches on an international stage.

For Healthy Families Te Ngira, these Okinawa insights reinforce a prevention focus: designing age-friendly neighbourhoods where kaumātua can stay active, connected and supported close to home. As Aotearoa prepares for a growing older population, our opportunity is to strengthen the conditions for hauora, so ageing well becomes the everyday experience, not the exception.

24/03/2026

😍🥰 A beautiful day for our Kaumātua, rangatahi and team, wonderfully put together and hosted by Hamilton Girls High School and captured beautifully by Alkana of Te Kohao Health under the umbrella of Healthy Families Te Ngira.

Congratulations Whaea Rongo👏, Whaea Margaret🤩 and all our Kaumātua that completed the Duathlon. Your weeks of training, clearly demonstrated on the day🥰

Well done Daf, James and team for supporting our Kaumātua in their efforts to nail this important milestone.

Wonder what their next event will look like😊

04/02/2026

🎉 A WOW moment for Rauawaawa!🥰 🌟

From Waikato to the World stage!

We’re thrilled and honoured to be Finalists in two categories at the 2026 Asia Pacific Eldercare Innovation Awards hosted by Ageing Asia🙏❤️

Humbling to be selected from over 400 entries across 16 countries for our mahi celebrating the Kaumātua Olympics, and in 2026 we proudly host our 20th event with our long-time partner Rototuna High School and sponsors and supporters Te Rūnanga o Kirikiriroa and BUPA!

A heartfelt mihi to all applicants and finalists, and a very special mihi to Katrina Bryant and her Taurite Tū team, as well as Questral, for also being finalists and representing Aotearoa on this exciting global platform.

A wonderful achievement that belongs to our Kaumātua, rangatahi, volunteers, sponsors, stallholders, hauora providers, iwi and team for helping drive and host such beautiful events since 2005💗

Address

50 Colombo Street
Hamilton
3204

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 5pm
Thursday	8:30am - 5pm
Friday	8:30am - 5pm

Telephone

+6478476980

Website

http://www.rauawaawa.co.nz/

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