Ronan Payinda

Guest writer

Ronan Payinda is a second-year medical student at the University of Auckland. He is interested in the social determinants of health, rural health equity and migrant health issues.

Dr Mataroria Lyndon

With or without Te Aka Whai Ora, the mahi will continue

Dr Mataroria Lyndon: 'When we fight for Māori health equity, we uplift all of Aotearoa.'

By Ronan Payinda | 7th December, 2023

Image: Tina tiller

Lifting the veil: Tapu, whakanoa and a medical student’s first human dissection

'It dawned on me slowly, and then all at once: nothing I’d ever done before came close to what I was about to experience.'

By Ronan Payinda | 11th April, 2023