Getting Better

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.

Written and presented by Emma Espiner

An illustration of two hands pulling back a dark sheet to reveal a hand-shaped word cloud. Words in the cloud include "Decolonisation," "Equity," "Anti-Racism," "Māori," "Cultural Safety," "Te Tiriti o Waitangi," and others. The title "GETTING BETTER" is written in bold yellow letters at the top.

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A Better Chance of Dying

Episode 1
Emma Espiner goes to Porirua to meet the Wallace whānau and hear about a night in ED that changed their lives.
Episode 1: Getting Better

Tuparehuia

Episode 2
For her GP placement, Emma asked to go to Northland. She's on the road with rural doctor Kyle Eggleton, whose weekly clinic is in the remote outpost of Tuparehuia.
Episode 2: Getting Better

Southside

Episode 3
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.
Episode 3: Getting Better

Tairāwhiti

Episode 4
Emma's in Tairāwhiti, where "by Māori for Māori" has the potential to be more than just a slogan in healthcare.
Episode 4: Getting Better

What Does a Surgeon Look Like?

Episode 5
Why do so few indigenous doctors end up becoming surgeons? And why does it matter?
Episode 5: Getting Better

Te Ahi Kaa

Episode 6
Emma travels home to Tukorehe for her tā moko, and gets some advice from Dr Glenn Colquhoun.
Episode 6: Getting Better

Pandemic

Episode 7
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.
Episode 7: Getting Better

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

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Trainee doctor Emma Espiner introduces her new podcast Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student.
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