Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student

Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student

RNZ

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2021 VOYAGER AWARDS WINNER - BEST SERIAL PODCAST. 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. Made possible by the RNZ/NZ On Air Innovation Fund.

Recent Episodes

Episode 7: Pandemic - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
JUL 28, 2020
Episode 7: Pandemic - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
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.
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24 MIN
Episode 6: Te Ahi Kaa - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
JUL 28, 2020
Episode 6: Te Ahi Kaa - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
Emma travels home to Tukorehe for her tā moko, and gets some advice from Dr Glenn Colquhoun.
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26 MIN
Episode 5: What does a Surgeon Look Like? - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
JUL 28, 2020
Episode 5: What does a Surgeon Look Like? - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
Why do so few indigenous doctors end up becoming surgeons? And why does it matter?
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25 MIN
Episode 4: Tairāwhiti - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
JUL 28, 2020
Episode 4: Tairāwhiti - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
Emma's in Tairāwhiti, where "by Māori for Māori" has the potential to be more than just a slogan in healthcare.
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26 MIN
Episode 3: Southside - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
JUL 24, 2020
Episode 3: Southside - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
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.
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26 MIN