Joining Dr Hinemoa Elder on this next episode of Ao Mai Te Rā is Riki Nia Nia (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu, Tonga). Currently the Executive Director, Māori, Equity & Health Improvement at Waikato District. Riki has worked in the New Zealand health system since completing an honours degree in social work, social policy and sociology at Massey University. Since 1996 he has worked at eight of the twenty District Health Boards (DHBs), in roles such as Service Manager of Public Health Services at Whanganui DHB, and as Executive Director of Māori Health for Capital and Coast, Hutt Valley and Wairarapa DHBs.