Getting Better
RNZ
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What’s it like to work in a system that doesn’t do right by your own people? Trainee doctor Emma Espiner is about to find out.
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JUL 28, 2020
Pandemic
Emma spends lockdown at Auckland hospital, and sees how government action on COVID-19 underlines the lack of urgency when it comes to Māori health.
24 MIN
JUL 28, 2020
Te Ahi Kaa
Emma travels home to Tukorehe for her tā moko, and gets some advice from Dr Glenn Colquhoun.
26 MIN
JUL 28, 2020
What Does a Surgeon Look Like?
Why do so few indigenous doctors end up becoming surgeons? And why does it matter?
25 MIN
JUL 28, 2020
Tairāwhiti
Emma's in Tairāwhiti, where "by Māori for Māori" has the potential to be more than just a slogan in healthcare.
26 MIN
JUL 24, 2020
Southside
Dr Vaaiga Autagavaia takes Emma to meet the Rugby League team he coaches in Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate, a training programme that goes far beyond sport and into the development of life skills.
26 MIN
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