KO BRENDON AHAU

KO BRENDON AHAU

KO BRENDON AHAU

Kāi Tahu pharmacist, researcher and entrepreneur working towards better health outcomes for Māori.

Kāi Tahu pharmacist, researcher and entrepreneur working towards better health outcomes for Māori.

Kāi Tahu pharmacist, researcher and entrepreneur working towards better health outcomes for Māori.

I've learned that improving Māori health means working at more than one level:

alongside whānau, through research, in community, and within the systems that shape our health.

I’ve learned that improving Māori health means working at more than one level:

alongside whānau, through research, in community, and within the systems that shape our health.

Brendon beside an awa, holding a stone and wearing a pounamu pendant.
Brendon beside an awa, holding a stone and wearing a pounamu pendant.

ONE KAUPAPA. MANY PLACES TO ACT.

Hauora Māori is shaped far beyond the health system.
So that's where the mahi takes me too.

Hauora Māori is shaped far beyond the health system.
So that’s where the mahi takes me too.

WITH WHĀNAU. IN RESEARCH. INSIDE SYSTEMS. AROUND THE TABLE. AT HOME.

WITH WHĀNAU. IN RESEARCH. INSIDE SYSTEMS. AROUND THE TABLE. AT HOME.

WITH WHĀNAU. IN RESEARCH. INSIDE SYSTEMS. AROUND THE TABLE. AT HOME.

01 / WHERE I ASK QUESTIONS

RAKAHAU

RESEARCH GROUNDED IN ASPIRATION.
BUILT FOR ACTION.

I’m interested in research that creates useful knowledge and makes a tangible difference for whānau and communities. My mahi spans medicines care, Indigenous health, diabetes, ageing, AI and natural health.

ASK BETTER QUESTIONS.

Starting with what matters to whānau Māori

ASK BETTER QUESTIONS.

Starting with what matters to whānau Māori

02 / WHERE I WORK ALONGSIDE WHĀNAU

HAUORA

Medicines care where whānau are.

Community-based pharmacy mahi focused on relationships first, meeting whānau at marae, in community spaces, at home or online.

RELATIONSHIPS FIRST.

Good medicines care starts with knowing the person, not just the prescription.

RELATIONSHIPS FIRST.

Good medicines care starts with knowing the person, not just the prescription.

03 / EXPLORING WHAT ELSE HELPS

MORE THAN MEDICINE

Natural products. Different knowledge. Better questions.

Exploring natural products, nutrition, inflammation, stress, rokoā rākau and the evidence for different approaches to health and wellbeing.

KNOWLEDGE GROWS TOGETHER.

Stay curious. Ask hard questions.

KNOWLEDGE GROWS TOGETHER.

Stay curious. Ask hard questions.

04 / WHERE DECISIONS GET MADE

SYSTEMS CHANGE

CHANGE THE SYSTEM,
NOT JUST THE SERVICE.

I contribute to boards, clinical networks and advisory groups where decisions about healthcare are made, working to improve how those systems respond to Māori.

GOVERNANCE / CLINICAL NETWORKS / ADVISORY MAHI

WHO'S AT THE TABLE?

Whose voices, experiences and knowledge shape the decisions?

WHO'S AT THE TABLE?

Whose voices, experiences and knowledge shape the decisions?

05 / WHERE IT STARTS

HĀPORI

CHANGE STARTS CLOSE TO HOME.

Hauora is shaped in our homes and communities; through whānau, reo, identity, connection and the things we build together.

BUILD IT TOGETHER.

Whānau. Reo. Identity. Connection.

BUILD IT TOGETHER.

Whānau. Reo. Identity. Connection.

WHAT I’M THINKING ABOUT

WHAKAARO

WHAKAARO

WHAKAARO

WHAKAARO

IDEAS I’M STILL WORKING THROUGH.

WRITING / VIDEO / REFLECTIONS

I ask a lot of questions. Some turn into research. Some turn into mahi. Others I just can’t stop thinking about.

I ask a lot of questions. Some turn into research. Some turn into mahi. Others I just can’t stop thinking about.

This is where I share those ideas: through writing, videos and kōrero about hauora Māori, medicines, natural health, research, systems, and whatever I'm trying to make sense of at the time.

This is where I share those ideas: through writing, videos and kōrero about hauora Māori, medicines, natural health, research, systems, and whatever I'm trying to make sense of at the time.

HE AHA TE MEA NUI?

It all comes back to whānau.

The research, the medicines, the businesses, the boards, the community mahi;
they're different places to act, but the kaupapa is the same:

PAE ORA MŌ TE IWI MĀORI!

Brendon and whānau together at a lookout above a lake and mountains.
Brendon and whānau together at a lookout above a lake and mountains.

KŌRERO MAI

Research. Collaboration. Kaupapa. Or just say Kia ora.