Hinemoa Elder is a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to psychiatry, an author, former TV presenter and mother to Mille Elder.

In this episode she opens up about her daughter's drug addiction, providing a unique perspective from a mother's point of view.

Hinemoa is a child & neuropsychiatrist, who studied children with traumatic brain injuries and has developed tools for specific Maori.

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Guest, Hinemoa Elder - @drhinemoa

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New Zealand netball legend Marg Foster was put up for adoption because her European grandparents didn't want a brown baby in the house.

Foster also talks about what makes Maori & Pacific Island women such special athletes.

Foster has played and coached at the highest level and understands how different players need different coaching

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Guest, Les Elder - @leselder

Host, Mere Baker - @mezzabaker

Producer, Andy Rowe - @Andy_rowe_

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Former New Zealand captain Les Elder was a face of the review into the Black Ferns worst ever tour.

In this episode Les opens up about how 2022 was the worst year of her life. Not only because of the New Zealand Rugby review, but also the personal tragedies she was smacked with along the way.

However, Les has returned to her rural Maori roots, where she has found reconnecting has given her strengthened & grounded her.

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Finding Wahine is on Instagram, Facebook & TikTok - @findingwahine

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Guest, Les Elder - @leselder

Host, Mere Baker - @mezzabaker

Producer, Andy Rowe - @Andy_rowe_

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One of New Zealand's most successful rugby players, Stacey Waaka has won it all.

Known as the smiling assassin, Waaka scored an iconic try to help the Black Ferns win the Rugby World Cup final against hot favourites England.

Waaka not only talks about winning Olympic gold medals, she opens up about how her divorce from her husband allowed her to reconnect with being a strong Wahine.

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Guest, Stacey Waaka - @staceywaaka

Host, Mere Baker - @mezzabaker

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On this episode, former Member of Parliament Kiritapu Allan speaks candidly about her time in the capital.

Kiritapu opens up about how her mental health suffered so badly, she was ready to take her own life.

Despite the adversity, Kiri then explains how returning home has given her a new sense of purpose to help her people.

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Guest, Kiri Allan - @kiri_allan_mp

Host, Mere Baker - @mezzabaker

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New Zealand basketball player Mary Goulding spent 12 days in a coma following a car accident in 2023 that almost claimed her life.

Mary talks openly about the accident itself and her road to recovery.

We begin the conversation speaking about her relationship with being Maori and what it means to reconnect with her heritage.

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Guest, Mary Goulding - @marygoulding12

Host, Mere Baker - @mezzabaker

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Finding Wahine is about reconnecting and about the Wairua.

Many of us have felt disconnected, or “not Maori enough” to claim being Maori.

On Finding Wahine we’ll be speaking with high profile Wahine, who have felt exactly the same, before finding strength from reconnecting with their whenua.

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