Te Ārai is a palliative care research group with a focus on equity, based in the School of Nursing, The University of Auckland.

We are a research community of Māori and non-Māori working in partnership.

Te Ārai Kāhui Kaumātua (Māori Elder Advisors) support and guide our work.

“Anō nei he pōukutukawa korua, e whātoro ana I ōno here. Ki ōna takiaho. E hii au te kaha.”


Just as the pōhutukawa, whose roots seek out those of its kind to be strong, so must we cling to each other.

These images are from our 2020 graphic novel, Vivian. Read it here!