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Episodes and Stories 7
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Getting Better A Better Chance of Dying
Episode 1Emma Espiner goes to Porirua to meet the Wallace whānau and hear about a night in ED that changed their lives. -
Getting Better Tuparehuia
Episode 2For 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. -
Getting Better Southside
Episode 3Dr 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. -
Getting Better Tairāwhiti
Episode 4Emma's in Tairāwhiti, where "by Māori for Māori" has the potential to be more than just a slogan in healthcare. -
Getting Better What Does a Surgeon Look Like?
Episode 5Why do so few indigenous doctors end up becoming surgeons? And why does it matter? -
Getting Better Te Ahi Kaa
Episode 6Emma travels home to Tukorehe for her tā moko, and gets some advice from Dr Glenn Colquhoun. -
Getting Better Pandemic
Episode 7Emma spends lock-down at Auckland hospital, and sees how government action on COVID-19 underlines the lack of urgency when it comes to Māori health.