New Report: Yarning Roundtable Summary

Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death, and Dying (RePaDD) at Flinders University and partners have released a new summary report emerging from the Yarning Roundtable held at Yitpi Yartapuultiku in September 2025, focused on culturally safe palliative care for older First Nations people, including the use of telehealth.

The roundtable brought together Elders, kaumātua, consumers, researchers, advocacy organisations, policymakers and practitioners from South Australia and Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand to share experiences and identify shared priorities. The report captures key themes from yarning and discussion, reflections from presentations, shared visions for culturally safe palliative care, and priority actions to strengthen care across communities.

This collaborative work is led by Dr Rosemary Frey, with A/Prof Aileen Collier leading the South Australian work and A/Prof Matthew Allsop contributing from the UK, and supported by Ms Toni Shearing, Ms Cindy Paardekooper and Mrs Rangimahora Reddy.