Co-Create Age
Centre for Co-Created Ageing Research
Co-creating world-leading research to improve health, wellbeing, and equity for older people.
Aotearoa’s ageing population brings opportunities
By 2028, New Zealand is expected to have around one million people aged 65+, underscoring the opportunity to re‑design services, environments, and support with older people, not merely for them.
Aotearoa’s ageing population brings opportunities
By 2028, New Zealand is expected to have around one million people aged 65+, underscoring the opportunity to re‑design services, environments, and support with older people, not merely for them.
We’re shaping the future together
We work alongside older people, whānau, researchers, and partners to shape research that matters. Through listening events and collaborative design, co-creation ensures projects reflect real needs and deliver practical solutions for healthy ageing.
Our Work
Co-Creation
We bring communities and researchers together to design research that starts with lived experience. Co-creation ensures ideas become practical solutions that support healthy ageing and inclusive futures.
Research Development
Research Development Groups transform ideas into fundable projects. Academics, community leaders, and older people collaborate to define priorities, explore solutions, and secure seed funding for future research.
Research Excellence
From dementia-friendly design to culturally grounded resources, we turn evidence into action and create tools that support equity and better care across communities.
Our Supporters
Above: Cliff Cook and Ngaire Kerse in 2018
The Joyce Cook Foundation & the Chair in Ageing Well
In honour of his mother Joyce Cook, Metlifecare founder Cliff Cook and family funded CoCreate Age co-director Ngaire Kerse as the Joyce Cook Chair in Ageing Well, with the aim of advancing research on ageing and wellbeing. Ngaire writes about her work on the Ageing Well Blog.
Updates
Ageing and Caring Well Together Symposium, Feb 9
The Ageing and Caring Well Together Symposium is a free event for anyone involved or interested in aged care. Join us at Massey University Wellington or online - Monday February 9th, 10:00am-2:30pm. In-person registration is now closed. Online registration closes 5pm,...
What is Ageing Well?
Above: Ngaire Kerse presenting at the CoCreate Age 2025 ShowcaseThere is much written about ageing well. The Joyce Cook Chair in Ageing Well has written a report about what ageing well means. Together with colleagues, a new definition for ageing well has been...
Staying Young with Jazz
Hi all, Ngaire Kearse here, welcome to the first Joyce Cook - Ageing Well blog post! For my first post I wanted to tell you a little bit about the Ronnie Gardiner Method (RGM). What a funny name for a music and movement programme! RGM is designed to be cognitively...
Managing continence with dementia
This new guide (October 2024) Promoting and managing continence for people living with dementia mate wareware has just been released by a University of Auckland research team. Many people are affected by dementia and incontinence. In 2020, there were almost 70,000...
Contact us
We want to connect with other researchers, communities, and policymakers who have the shared aim of improving health and wellbeing outcomes for all.
If you have an idea for potential collaboration or want to learn more about what we do, please contact us: