Emma Wehipeihana
New Zealand broadcaster and political commentator
Emma Elizabeth Wehipeihana (previously Espiner from 2012 to 2023; born 1983 or 1984) is a New Zealand broadcaster, writer and doctor. She won Opinion Writer of the Year at the 2020 Voyager Media Awards and Best Narrative Podcast at the 2021 Voyager Media Awards. Her 2023 memoir There's a Cure For This won the best first book award in the general non-fiction category at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
Biography
Wehipeihana grew up in Wellington. Her mother, Colleen Smith, was a feminist activist and Wehipeihana was involved in feminist protests from a young age. Of Māori descent, Wehipeihana has whakapapa (heritage) to the Ngāti Tukorehe and Ngāti Porou iwi. She graduated with Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees from the University of Auckland in 2020.
Wehipeihana has written as a columnist for Newsroom. In 2020, she won Opinion Writer of the Year at the 2020 Voyager Media Awards. In 2020 she hosted the podcast Getting Better for Radio New Zealand about her experiences as a Māori medical student.
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