Podcasts

Mani Mitchel MNZM and Maarama Davis in conversation for the Physiotherapy Board | te Poari.

Podcast: Mani Mitchell episode 1 – Cultural safety

This episode is the first of three in which Board | Te Poari professional advisor Maarama Davis talks with intersex activist and counsellor, Mani Mitchell MNZM. Mani is a Rainbow‐identifying person who has devoted much of their life to educating people about the lived reality of people who are non‐binary,

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Elijah Arelia and Charleen Silcock from Otago University.

Podcast: Cultural safety in physiotherapy for Pacific peoples

This episode is on the subject of cultural safety and cultural competence and how they relate to Pacific peoples, either as kiritaki patients or as practitioners. This conversation was recorded on 26th May, 2026 and features Board te Poari professional advisor Maarama Davis and two special guests from the School

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Māori data sovereignty

In this episode Board | te Poari Chief Professional Advisor Damon Newrick talks to Dr. Karaitiana Taiuru about Māori data sovereignty in the context of digital health.  Dr Karaitiana Taiuru, director of Taiuru & Associates is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading voices on Māori data sovereignty and digital technology ethics. He works at the intersection of tikanga Māori, mātauranga Māori,

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Jessie Snowdon – Informed consent

This episode is one of a series of short podcasts from a recent conversation between Board Te Poari professional advisor Damon Newrick and Jessie Snowdon. Jessie is a physiotherapist and the founder and director of On The Go Physio. She graduated from Otago University in 1998 and has worked in

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