Poems about bearing witness by Aotearoa NZ women doctors

Kiri Rikihana, (LLB/B Soc. Sci) Te Āti Awa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngāti Toa Rangatira Deputy CEO, Te Kaunihera Rata o Aotearoa The Medical Council of New Zealand Kiri is the Deputy Chief Executive of the Te Kaunihera Rata o Aotearoa The Medical Council of New Zealand, her responsibilities include notifications, legal investigations, and education and accreditation of medical practitioners. She is the former Executive Director of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and General Manager Mortality Review Committees at the Health Quality and Safety Commission. Kiri sits on the Specialist Education Accreditation Committee for the Australian Medical Council, and the Board of Directors of Tu Ora Compass Health Primary Health Organisation. Kiri has led organisational and culture change in several organisations to advance knowledge and confidence in health equity, Māori health, Te Tiriti o Waitangi and cultural safety.

Dr Jamie-Lee Rahiri (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara, Te Ātihaunui-a-Pāpārangi) Dr Jamie-Lee Rahiri completed her PhD investigating equity in access to Bariatric Surgery for Māori in 2020 and has just completed her second year of General Surgical training in Te Tai Rāwhiti. She established Te Piringa Kōtuku in 2022 to undertake independent Kaupapa Māori surgical and primary health care research alongside her husband Dr Jason Tuhoe. She is currently employed as a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Auckland working with Associate Professor Matire Harwood, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences. Most importantly, she is Māmā to her three daughters Nalani, Maiana and Amaya.