Knowing, Being and Co-Constructing an Age-Friendly Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Abstract

A third of Aotearoa New Zealand’s increasingly ageing population resides in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. This most populous cosmopolitan urban area in the country is also home to the largest Polynesian population of any global city. Sprawling across a North Island isthmus inclusive of Hauraki Gulf islands, 70% of the city region is rural, whilst almost 90% of the ethnically diverse residents live in urban areas. Members of Auckland Council’s Seniors Advisory Panel (SAP) advocated for, and in 2018 secured unanimous support from the governing body to resource an Age-friendly City (AFC) Project. This case study inquiry applied bricolage methodology to provide diverse contextual perspectives of this unique Polynesian setting, prior to exploring interview narratives of three SAP members who served two consecutive terms (six years) as AFC advocates. Weaving insights gleaned from their interview transcripts responding to relational leadership prompts about their age-friendly advocacy with the findings from the council’s AFC Community Engagement report highlighted the achievements and challenges of the evolving AFC Project. Service-learning recommendations include co-developing: (1) A sustainable co-governance framework for an independent steering group that embodies the values and principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi to enable empowered active ageing for all residents; (2) A succession plan that enables the timely transfer of knowledge and skills to empower incoming SAP members.

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“…Blakey and Clews [ 40 ] presented a study from Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland in Aotearoa New Zealand, which houses the largest Polynesian population of any global city. This case study inquiry applied the bricolage methodology to provide diverse contextual perspectives of this unique Polynesian setting, prior to exploring interview narratives of three Auckland Council’s Seniors Advisory Panel members.…”

“…For this Feature Paper Special Issue entitled "Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: State of the Art and Future Perspectives", a total of 29 papers were recently published on different topics related to this subject matter. Of the published papers, seven papers [22][23][24][25][26][27][28] related to age-friendly neighbourhoods, cities, communities and societies, three papers [29][30][31] explored innovative approaches to housing, two papers [32,33] concentrated on age-friendly transportation, four papers [34][35][36][37] focused on innovative practices in the domain of cure and/or care for older citizens, four papers [38][39][40][41] related to respect and social inclusion, and nine papers [42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50] dealt with the consideration of technology in an age-friendly city or community.…”