Emma Espiner

Award-winning writer, Dr Emma Espiner (Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Porou) talked to Kim Hill earlier in 2023 about her… Audio

Award-winning writer Dr Emma Espiner (Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Porou) talks to Kim Hill about her unconventional upbringing, ditching her recruitment job for med school and how New Zealand can improve… Audio

A system under pressure but not a crisis is how Health Minister Andrew Little described the current state of our health system. But an astonishing 93.5 per cent of doctors who participated in a… Audio

A new Medical Journal paper shows New Zealand's health system is hostile and racist toward Maori, perpetuating existing barriers and inequities that have been faced over generations.

The paper… Audio

Panellists Raybon Kan and Emma Espiner discuss the Southland Charity Hospital, merchant fees, and a Hastings District screenwriting competition. Audio

Panellists Raybon Kan and Emma Espiner discuss a new report on housing conditions, school lunches and what happens to the leftovers, and the flashing light 'warning' singal. Audio

Eileen Merriman and Carl Shuker discuss their novels A Mistake and The Silence of Snow, which take medical mishaps as a starting point. A highlight of the 2020 Word Christchurch Spring Festival. Audio

Emma Espiner reviews Aroha: Māori wisdom for a contented life lived in harmony with our planet by Dr Hinemoa Elder. Published by Penguin Random House.

Please note: The reviewer wrongly identified Dr… Audio

Trainee Doctor Emma Espiner recalls the work she and her colleagues undertook during the first Covid-19 lock down in March this year. Te Ahi Kaa features the final episode of the podcast  'Getting… Audio

Some in te ao Māori are calling for policies to improve inequities for Māori in the wake of Labour's promise to make Matariki a public holiday.

Labour leader Jacinda Ardern announced that if elected… Audio

Te Ahi Kaa features episode six of Getting Better - A year in the life of a Māori Medical Doctor. Presenter and Trainee Medical Doctor Emma Espiner heads home to Kuku Beach in the Horowhenua and… Audio

Why are there so few indigenous surgeons and why does it matter? Emma Espiner is in Whangarei and has a frank conversation with Dr Maxine Ronald, one of the few Māori surgeons in Aotearoa. Emma… Audio

Emma Espiner Emma meets the creators of Mahi a Atua - a ground-breaking, kaupapa Māori approach to mental health, and talks to one whānau about how it has helped them build resilience in the face of… Audio

Emma Espiner learns more about how a South Auckland training academy that is more than sports training, it's about developing life skills and resilience in its young students. Dr Vaaiga Autagavaia… Audio

Emma Espiner is in the Northland with Dr Kyle Eggleton who runs a weekly clinic in the remote outpost of Tuparehuia, he talks about his own method of drawing to break down the power inequities between… Audio

In episode one of Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a  Māori Medical Student, Trainee doctor Emma Espiner is with the Wallace whānau whose lives changed after Colin Wallace suffered a stroke… Audio

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. Audio

Emma travels home to Tukorehe for her tā moko and gets some advice from Dr. Glenn Colquhoun. Audio

Why do so few indigenous doctors end up becoming surgeons? And why does it matter? Audio