Getting Better

What’s it like to work in a system that doesn’t do right by your own people? Trainee doctor Emma Espiner is about to find out.

Written and hosted by Emma Espiner

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Credits

Emma Espiner

Host and Writer
Noelle McCarthy
Creator, Writer and Producer, Bird of Paradise Productions
John Daniell
Script Editor, Bird of Paradise Productions
Gabrielle Baker
Consulting Producer and Designer
Andre Upston
Sound Design and Mixing
Pitch Black
Music
Kay Ellmers
Senior RNZ Commissioner
Tim Burnell
RNZ Commissioning Coordinator
Shannon Haunui-Thompson
Kurahautū Māori

Made possible by the

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Produced in partnership with

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Awards

2021 Voyager Media Awards

Best Narrative Podcast

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