Dr Makarena Dudley is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland. She is currently involved in a number of research projects investigating Māori and mate wareware (dementia). These include the development of a Māori theory of mate wareware, a dementia diagnostic tool for Māori, a phone app designed to deliver information about mate wareware to Māori, and a marae-based non-pharmaceutical intervention (Cognitive Simulation Therapy) aimed at slowing down the progress of mate wareware in the early stages of the disease.