Ms Irihapeti Bullmore, of Christchurch, MNZM for services to seniors’ health, particularly Māori
Ms Irihapeti Bullmore developed the Kahukura Kaumātua Programme, and Whare Tiaki, the first kaupapa Māori supported living facility for kaumātua in Ōtautahi Christchurch. She initiated the Te Tairanga Kaumātua Collective, and contributed to landmark research reframing how frailty is understood within te ao Māori. She has contributed to Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu, and her research around health and social isolation in older people has influenced community care nationally, as well as research in Canada and Finland. She helped design the first indigenous Falls Prevention programme, Taurite Tu, and is a part-time Lead on the new Puahou Tapuhi o Aotearoa Bachelor of Nursing at Ara Institute of Canterbury.