Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa

A focus on prevention

Diabetes has a huge impact on the individual and those around them.

Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa (previously Diabetes Projects Trust) has been delivering services focused on preventing diabetes and its complications for nearly 30 years. The Foundation emphasises partnership with the community to achieve better health for present and for future generations.

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Latest News

On our blog you will find the latest news at Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa - new programmes, new research projects and more.

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Congratulations Dr Malcolm Mulholland on your nomination for NZOTY!

Congratulations to Dr Malcolm Mulholland for his nomination for Kiwibank New Zealander of the year and reaching the semi-finals! We have been privileged to support Malcolm's message for better acceRead more

2024 comes to a close

Final Board meeting for the year...check. Final team meeting...check. Team Christmas function...and check. Now it's the last few days till we close the office (from Friday 20 December)Read more

Annual Activity Report for 2023-24 year

Click on the link below to download a PDF version of the latest Annual Activity Report for Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa. April 2023 to March 2024 was another busy year in a challenging environmentRead more

Pacific Health wake-up call from the latest Health Survey

This RNZ article describes some statistics taken from the latest NZ Health survey (covering year July 2023-June 2024, involving 9719 adults/3062 children) showing the situation in relation to health Read more

SUMMIT 2024 - Shekhar Sehgal - Technology

Dr Shekhar Sehgal presented on CGM and other devices at the Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa Summit on 26 September 2024. This very well received presentation was followed up by an appearance on theRead more

SUMMIT 2024 - Panel with Type 1 technology users

A high point of our Summit at Te Manukanuka o Hoturoa Marae, was the panel with three amazing people with type 1 diabetes who generously shared their thoughts and experience on using technology. Read more

World Diabetes Day 2024 event in Sandringham

It was so nice to see the effort put into difference events, especially where there was collaboration between difference organisations and businesses. Here are some pics of our team from World DiabetRead more

Do you want to support our efforts to prevent diabetes and its complications?

Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa has been working in the community for nearly 30 years to reduce the incidence of diabetes, and diabetes complications. We run a range of programmes, carry out researcRead more

Publication - DCSS - Risk factors and life free of health issues

Another paper from the DCSS Audit. This one published in BMC Medicine Yu et al. BMC Medicine (2024) 22:527, read latest version here https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-024-03743-y or download PDFRead more

SUMMIT 2024 - Kate Smallman on Youth Bariatric project

Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa Clinical Director, Nurse Practitioner Kate Smallman presented on the Youth Bariatric project (running since 2020, finish end 2025). This presentation generated plentyRead more

Summit 2024 - Kanchana Perera PhD

Video presentation prepared for the Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa Summit 2024 by PhD candidate Kanchana Perera. This wasn't played at the summit itself however is for circulation to the audience.Read more

Disparities and Inequities...risk of being widened

This article published by RNZ (originally in The Conversation) describes the situation around training issues for the newly funded technology. Highlighted is the potential for inequities withRead more

Who we are

Our team serves the community and works inside the community to help prevent diabetes through our many programmes, funded by the Ministry of Health.

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What we do

Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa serves the following needs:

Develops and delivers health promotion programs
Research and evaluation services
Resource design
Advocacy
Capacity building and community development

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Our programmes

Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa offers a range of programmes and activities across Auckland which aim to prevent diabetes and its complications.

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Resources

We have a range of resources on our site for individuals with diabetes, families of individuals with diabetes, health professionals and for whoever else may want access to them. They are free and downloadable for you.

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