Emma Espiner (Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Porou) is an award-winning writer and doctor. She hosts Getting Better, a RNZ/NZ on Air podcast about Māori health equity. Emma’s writing features at The Guardian, Newsroom, Stuff, The Spinoff and The New Zealand Herald

Twitter: @emmawehipeihana (warning: explicit language)

Photo: Noelle McCarthy

Verb Festival 2020 appearances:
7.15pm, Nov 7: How to Have an Opinion (LitCrawl)