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Te Ata Hāpara Award
The Te Ata Hāpara Award acknowledges the importance of fostering the next generation of Māori health research leaders by recognising an emerging Māori researcher who has demonstrated contribution to advancing Māori health through their research and has a…General informationHRC Update 4 April 2025
Nominations open for the HRC's new awardsNewsHealthTech Week 2025
HealthTech Week is New Zealand's national conference for health technology industry and research.EventNominations open for HRC medals and new awards
Nominations for our two new awards - HRC Catalyst in the Community Award and Te Ata Hāpara Award - are now open alongside our existing Liley, Beavan and Te Tohu Rapuora medals.NewsNew findings could aid early diagnosis of common eye disease
Researchers at the University of Auckland have discovered that the most common form of vision loss in the elderly – age-related macular degeneration – extends to areas outside the macula.NewsHRC Update
2025 NZ-China Biomedical Research Alliance RFP now openNewsHRC Update 6 June 2025
2026 Career Development Awards now openNewsThe Prevention Imperative: New Zealand Universal Wellbeing Conference 2025
A learning and networking opportunity with national wellbeing leaders, researchers and practitioners.Event44th APSAD Scientific Alcohol and Drug Conference
A conference designed to reflect critically on the way we do alcohol and drug prevention, treatment, research and policy.EventNew Zealand Pain Society Conference 2026
The 2026 annual scientific meeting of the New Zealand Pain Society has a vital role in bringing together both local and international practitioners in the pain arena.Event21st WONCA: World Rural Health Conference
This is a unique opportunity to share your groundbreaking work, innovative solutions, and impactful studies that address the challenges faced by rural communities.EventHRC chief executive to step down
HRC Chief Executive Professor Sunny Collings is stepping down in mid-August to join Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality and Safety Commission as its new chief executive.NewsHRC Update 3 July 2025
News$1.2m high blood pressure trial funded
A $1.2 million nationwide project, funded by the Health Innovation Partnership, will evaluate how care for people with resistant high blood pressure can be improved in New Zealand.NewsConference: Imagining the ideal assisted dying service
Dive into thought-provoking presentations and discussions about the current system and how we can shape the future of assisted dying research and practice in Aotearoa New Zealand.EventWhangaia ka tupu, ka puawai
‘Whangaia ka tupu, ka puawai’ (That which is nurtured will grow and blossom), involves implementing and testing an augmented clinical care package in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) that standardises culturally responsive care for whānau.Funding proposalsPaediatric Society of NZ - 76th Annual Meeting
This three-day conference aims to deliver a robust academic programme, while also taking the opportunity to centre and uplift the diverse communities in which our children grow and flourish.EventChanges to HRC funding to support new institute
Some of the Health Research Council of New Zealand's funding is being repurposed to support the establishment of a new public research organisation, the New Zealand Institute for Advanced Technology.News9th Pharmacoepidemiology Research Network Symposium
Are you interested in the use and safety of medicines, medical devices, vaccines, and other therapeutic products? Epidemiological research based on large electronic databases? If so, this symposium might be for you.EventSpecial Update: 6 August 2025
Changes in HRC funding to support new instituteNewsSpecial Update: 13 August 2025
2026 Project and Programme Grants opening datesNewsOfficial Information Act requests
About the Official Information ActGeneral informationHe Whare Aroha: Designing a model of care for kaumātua
This research explores the need for a Māori-led aged residential care (ARC) facility for Ngāti Awa, designed to deliver culturally aligned care that reflects Māori values and practices.Funding proposalsTau ana te ora - Karakia pathways to wellbeing
Rongoā Māori is a holistic healing system grounded in Māori knowledge, values, and philosophies. Karakia (prayer/incantation) is one of the most widely practiced forms of rongoā, often used to influence healing outcomes.Funding proposalsHow whānau view mental health services for young Māori
Dr Kahu McClintock, a member of the HRC Māori Health Committee and Chair of the Nga Kanohi Kitea funding initiative, shares her PhD findings.NewsRangatahi-led rangahau hauora Māori
This transformative study proposes empowering rangatahi Māori to identify research priorities important to them and their communities. Currently, research often lacks youth perspective and ownership, limiting its relevance and impact.Funding proposalsRukua ki te rēkōtanga o te wai: stemming the tide of HIV inequity in Aotearoa
Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand are more likely to present with advanced HIV and less likely to access prevention services such as testing and PrEP (Pre-exposure Prophylaxis), an effective medication that prevents new HIV infections.Funding proposalsWhiria te Aka Matua: A new holistic model of care for early breast cancer
In New Zealand, half of all women with breast cancer (BC) are diagnosed outside the national screening programme, with so-called “symptomatic BC”. Māori women with symptomatic BC have a 37% greater risk of death than non-Māori women.Funding proposalsExperience-based co-design of a prehabilitation pathway for children with cancer
Advances in treatment for childhood cancers yield a cure rate of ≥84% in Aotearoa. Yet, this success is associated with many children and young people experiencing short- and long-term nutrition-related complications.Funding proposalsThe Waiting Game: Children on waitlists for specialist health services
Timely access to specialist health services is essential for children’s health, learning, and development. Yet, government reporting provides little information about how long children wait for care, or whether some groups experience longer delays.Funding proposalsAddressing gaps in Pacific immunisation and screening with better data and design
Immunisation and cancer screening coverage for Pacific peoples is often overestimated, leading to under-delivery of services due to inaccurate data collection and poor coordination across programmes.Funding proposalsValidation of the (PACA) Pasifika Assessment of Cognition Abilities Tool
Dementia assessment tools currently used in the diagnosis of dementia in NZ do not encompass a Pacific worldview and have not been validated with a Pacific population.Funding proposals