Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa

A focus on prevention

Diabetes has a huge impact on the individual and those around them.

Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa (previously Diabetes Projects Trust) has been delivering services focused on preventing diabetes and its complications for nearly 30 years. The Foundation emphasises partnership with the community to achieve better health for present and for future generations.

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Annual Activity Report 2024-2025

The April 2024 to March 2025 provided a year of new challenges, projects, and resources. Our team rose to meet the demands with excellent results. Please download the latest report from the linkRead more

World Diabetes Day - a conversation with Distinguished Professor David Simmons

This clip contains one of the key messages from a new video in our podcast series. Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa Patron and founder, Distinguished Professor David Simmons sits down to have aRead more

Working together - WDD 2025 workplace Mini-Toolkit

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) World Diabetes Day is on 14 November. The IDF website describes millions of people with diabetes as having to face challenges with living well andRead more

Ron Keat Gardens growing story

Hari (far right of photo) has been working with some amazing people out at Ron Keat Gardens in South Auckland. Citycare Property describe themselves as being determined to work toward "growing aRead more

Help us understand more about diabetes in workplaces in Aotearoa New Zealand

World Diabetes Day (WDD) is on the 14 of this month. The theme is diabetes in the workplace, and community organisations Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa, MHT Diabetes Trust, DiabetesRead more

It's November we're thinking about diabetes

Well, here at Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa, we think about diabetes every month, every day actually, but November has two significant events relating to diabetes, World Diabetes Day, with a theme ofRead more

Resilience, gardening, and community coming together

This video posted to Facebook by the Community Resilience Network acknowledges the Takanini Gurdwara Sahib for making 2 hectares of land available for a new Community Garden. This came aboutRead more

Do you want to support our efforts to prevent diabetes and its complications?

Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa has been working in the community for over 30 years to reduce the incidence of diabetes, and diabetes complications, especially for those most at risk. We run a rangeRead more

"Know more and do more for diabetes at work"

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) World Diabetes Day (WDD) topic of 'workplaces' lines up with the mahi being done by our team in our Auckland wide workplaces programme. SupportingRead more

Just Cook Healthy Aging and the Silverfit group

Congratulations to the Silverfit group in Otara who recently took part in the Just Cook Healthy Aging programme. Over the course of four weeks they spent time learning, preparing and cooking healthRead more

World Diabetes Day 2025 is coming up quickly

The time of the year is coming up where there are international and local efforts to raise the awareness of diabetes. On 14 November this year it is IDF (International Diabetes Federation) WorldRead more

Strawberry growing time!

At the recent garden workshop run at Epsom Community Library, there was described as being a "backyard was full of strawberry fun as tamariki and families joined us to learn how to grow their ownRead more

Who we are

Our team serves the community and works inside the community to help prevent diabetes through our many programmes, funded by the Ministry of Health.

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What we do

Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa serves the following needs:

Develops and delivers health promotion programs
Research and evaluation services
Resource design
Advocacy
Capacity building and community development

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Our programmes

Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa offers a range of programmes and activities across Auckland which aim to prevent diabetes and its complications.

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Resources

We have a range of resources on our site for individuals with diabetes, families of individuals with diabetes, health professionals and for whoever else may want access to them. They are free and downloadable for you.

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