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Meet Bird of Paradise: Getting Better - A Year In the Life of a Māori Medical Student
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Episode 5: Women's Bodies - Alice Snedden's Bad News
Why are we so scared of breasts? In this episode, Alice attempts to change the minds of viewers using exposure therapy and living out her soap-opera fantasies. Video
Episode 4: Churches and Charity - Alice Snedden's Bad News
Should God pay tax? Alice asks this and many more hard-hitting questions as she attempts to finally separate church and state once and for all. Video
Episode 3: Healthcare Inequity - Alice Snedden's Bad News
Why do Māori live seven years less than Pākehā? Alice delves into the health system and asks if more money should be spent on Māori health and less on her digestive system. Video
Episode 2: TERFS - Alice Snedden's Bad News
What is a TERF, and why are they ruining feminism? In this episode, Alice heads to Wellington to find out. Video
Episode 1: Migrant Sex Workers - Alice Snedden's Bad News
Sex work is decriminalised in New Zealand, unless you’re a migrant worker. In this episode, Alice visits a brothel for business and pleasure and asks why this discriminatory law hasn't been changed. Video
Trailer: Introducing ALICE SNEDDEN'S BAD NEWS
Alice Snedden’s Bad News is an eight-part docu-comedy series that wrestles with some of the most confusing and contentious political and social issues confronting Aotearoa in 2020. Video
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. Audio
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. Audio
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? Audio
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. Audio
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. Audio
Episode 2: Tuparehuia - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
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. Audio
Episode 1: A Better Chance of Dying - Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
Emma Espiner goes to Porirua to meet the Wallace whānau and hear about a night in ED that changed their lives. Audio
Trailer: Introducing Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student
Trainee doctor Emma Espiner introduces her new podcast Getting Better - A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student. Available Now @ RNZ.CO.NZ Audio
Remembering two gifted guitar heroes
Aotearoa lost two true guitar heroes this week in Kemp Tuirirangi and Aaron Tokona. Both shared the gift of music with anyone who wanted to listen; enriching the lives of thousands of people they… Video
Imagining decolonisation in Aotearoa
“What does decolonisation actually mean? and how does the concept inspire Māori and Pākehā New Zealanders' vision for Aotearoa? We'll ask Mike Ross (Ngati Haua) and Amanda Thomas (Pākehā), both… Audio
Cultural Ambassador - Hip Hop Aotearoa
Continuing our journey through Hip-Hop Aotearoa, Brad Warington joins us once again. Tonight we're in the early 2000s. with the rise of the producer and the importance of the dj. Video, Audio
Documentary: Coastwatchers - Operation Pacific
Watch the Coastwatchers - Operation Pacific Video Documentary. The untold stories of WWII Native Wireless Operators.