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Emma at the clinic at Tuparehuia Photo: Bird of Paradise Productions
In Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student trainee doctor and award-winning writer Emma Espiner (Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Porou) travels to the front lines of healthcare in New Zealand, where life and death decisions are made every day and where the statistics clearly show Māori are suffering: Māori die younger, get chronic illnesses earlier and receive less care than non-Māori.
We’ll hear from whānau whose experiences are the real-life stories behind the statistics and doctors who see first-hand the racism that has led to our acceptance of “unequal outcomes”- in the real world, “unequal outcomes” means sickness and death.
Finally, we’ll look at the COVID-19 crisis, which underlined the governments’ ability to act when it’s not just Māori at risk of dying too soon. Does that mean that Māori dying early is just business as usual?
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Episode 1: A Better Chance of Dying - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
24 Jul 2020Emma Espiner goes to Porirua to meet the Wallace whānau and hear about a night in ED that changed their lives. Read more Audio
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Episode 2: Tuparehuia - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
24 Jul 2020For 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. Read more Audio
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Episode 3: Southside - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
24 Jul 2020Dr 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. Read more Audio
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Episode 4: Tairāwhiti - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
28 Jul 2020Emma's in Tairāwhiti, where "by Māori for Māori" has the potential to be more than just a slogan in healthcare. Read more Audio
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Episode 5: What does a Surgeon Look Like? - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
28 Jul 2020Why do so few indigenous doctors end up becoming surgeons? And why does it matter? Read more Audio
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Episode 6: Te Ahi Kaa - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
28 Jul 2020Emma travels home to Tukorehe for her tā moko, and gets some advice from Dr Glenn Colquhoun. Read more Audio
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Episode 7: Pandemic - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
28 Jul 2020Emma spends lockdown at Auckland hospital, and sees how government action on COVID-19 underlines the lack of urgency when it comes to Māori health. Read more Audio
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Meet Bird of Paradise: Getting Better - A Year In the Life of a Māori Medical Student
24 Aug 2020Meet Noelle and John. Read more
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Trailer: Introducing Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
24 Jul 2020Trainee doctor Emma Espiner introduces her new podcast Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student. Available Now @ RNZ.CO.NZ Read more Audio
Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
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