Report identifying the material wellbeing of 542 Māori survey respondents aged between 65 to 69 with the aim of identifying needs to appropriately plan for an increasingly aging Māori population. The survey measured the living standards of older Māori by using the Material Well-being Scale, a scale developed for the survey the Living Standards of Older New Zealanders. The Material Wellbeing Scale is outlined, and researchers confirmed that the scale could be applied to older Māori. Key findings show one in seven older Māori experience “some financial difficulty” and another one in five face “severe difficulties”. The “Māori cultural identity scale”, developed by Te Hoe Nuku Roa in 1996, is illustrated and case studies of survey respondents are provided with their “cultural identity score”. Disparities between older Māori and non-Māori populations are confirmed, despite an earlier national survey of predominantly non-Māori concluding that the older population are faring comparatively well compared to the younger population, thus concluding policy change was not necessary. Factors associated with material wellbeing for Māori are explained and include “exposure to economic stress, number of children raised and economic factors”..