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 of Physiotherapy at Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka University of Otago.
Elijah Areli is the first Pacific physiotherapist to lecture at Otago University and Charleen Silcock is the Associate Dean Pacific at the School of Physiotherapy.
