Dr Makarena Dudley, MNZM, of Awanui, for services to people with dementia, particularly Māori
Dr Makarena Dudley (Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kahu) is a clinical neuropsychologist who has focused on dementia (mate wareware) in older Māori. She Co-Chairs the National Dementia Mate Wareware Leadership and Advisory Group for Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand. She is Deputy Director Māori in the Centre for Brain Research and Lead for its Māori Engagement Strategy. She led the development of the Māori Assessment of Neuropsychological Abilities diagnostic tool. She has also led the development and launch of the Mate Wareware App resource and adapted the Cognitive Stimulation Therapy programme for Māori. Dr Dudley has co-led the clinical psychology programme at the University of Auckland.