Emma Espiner

Guest writer

Emma Espiner is a trainee doctor and comments on social issues, equity, health, and politics. She is the host of podcast Getting Better: A Year in the Life of a Māori Medical Student.

The doctors of TVNZ’s The Checkup (Photo: Supplied)

Review: The Checkup smartly answers all your stupid medical questions

Doctor Emma Espiner watches TVNZ's The Checkup, which promises to tell you the things about health that you really want to know.

By Emma Espiner | 8th February, 2021

Dr Maxine Ronald (Image: Miriama Grace-Smith)

The doctor devoted to improving Māori breast cancer care

Emma Espiner talks to Dr Maxine Ronald, the only wahine Māori consultant breast cancer surgeon in the world, about inequities in breast cancer outcomes for Māori.

By Emma Espiner | 28th October, 2020