21/09/2026
What does Māia Health Foundation make possible?
Since Māia was established in 2015, the generosity of our community has helped fund projects, equipment, research and services across Canterbury and the West Coast.
That support has helped deliver major projects, including the rooftop helipad and enhanced child health facilities at Waipapa, the new Kahurangi child, adolescent and family outpatient facility, improvements to Burwood Hospital, and support for health services on the West Coast.
But Māia’s impact can also be found in the practical things that make a difference every day.
Parent beds so families can stay beside their children. Specialist maternity chairs. Neonatal training equipment. Respiratory equipment. Walking frames. Music therapy. Children’s sleep study equipment. Staff education and clinical research.
Today, our focus includes the $2.1 million commitment to the redevelopment of Christchurch Women’s Hospital NICU, helping provide additional equipment and family-centred spaces that sit outside the core health system build.
Every donation, grant, partnership and fundraising event helps us support projects that improve the experience of healthcare for patients, whānau and the teams caring for them.
Thank you to everyone who has been part of Māia’s story so far. There is still much more we can do together.
