EP263 – Living Fully While Dying with Dr Jacquie Kidd

About this episode

Dr Jacquie Kidd discusses her journey in healthcare and the importance of living fully while facing a terminal cancer diagnosis.

Deeply honoured to be joined by Dr Jacquie Kidd, a respected Māori health researcher, advocate, and wahine toa whose life's work has been about creating equity within Aotearoa's healthcare system. This kōrero was recorded during the World Indigenous Cancer Conference, hosted by Hei Āhuru Mōwai and Te Rau Ora, a gathering that brought indigenous voices from across the world together to talk about cancer, care, and culture. Jacquie shares the path that led her into healthcare, beginning as a young girl caring for her pāpā, and opens her heart about her current journey of "living fully while dying" after receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis. This is one of those conversations that reminds you what actually matters. Episode Breakdown ✨ What is equity?✨ Why equity in healthcare for Māori isn't optional✨ What it means to truly live ✨ The beauty and sadness of dying✨ Whānau wellbeing is centric✨ The quiet power of presence, whānau, and acceptance Jacquie's kōrero invites us to ask the questions most of us avoid: What am I actually doing with my time? Who am I when stripped of the noise? What legacy am I leaving for those who come after me? In te ao Māori, death is not a…

People in this episode

Host: Raniera Rewiri

Guest: Dr Jacquie Kidd

Topics covered

• healthcare equity
• Māori health
• living with terminal illness
• whānau wellbeing
• cancer care
• cultural perspectives on death

Keywords

• equity
• Māori
• healthcare
• cancer
• whānau
• legacy
• death
• living fully

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hei Āhuru Mōwai, Te Rau Ora

Places: Aotearoa

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