Webinar - Cultural competence and cultural safety standard

Jessie Snowdon - Communication and working in a defined field

This final episode in a series of short podcasts from a recent conversation between Board | te Poari professional advisor, Damon Newrick and Jessie Snowdon. Jessie is a physiotherapist the founder and director of On the Go Physio. She graduated from Otago University in 1998 and has worked in Christchurch, Edinburgh and London in a variety of roles. Jessie has experience working with people with a range of neurological, orthopaedic and age‐related conditions and is passionate about improving patient and carer safety though the delivery of effective moving and handling training and education. This extract is on the subject of the complexities of providing safe and effective physiotherapy in aged care and there are more bite sized extracts from this conversation in our podcast feed which you can subscribe to wherever you normally find your podcasts.

Webinar - Cultural competence and cultural safety standard

Principal Professional Advisor Maarama Davis talks with physiotherapist Sheree Tikao‐Harkess about the new revised Cultural safety and cultural competence standard: What the changes mean, how to implement them in practice, and ways to approach reflection.

Jessie Snowdon - Physiotherapy Framework and professional boundaries

This episode is one of a series of short podcasts from a recent conversation between Board | te Poari professional advisor, Damon Newrick and Jessie Snowdon. Jessie is a physiotherapist the founder and director of On the Go Physio. She graduated from Otago University in 1998 and has worked in Christchurch, Edinburgh and London in a variety of roles. Jessie has experience working with people with a range of neurological, orthopaedic and age-related conditions and is passionate about improving patient and carer safety though the delivery of effective moving and handling training and education. This extract is on the subject of the physiotherapy framework and professional boundaries and there are more bite-sized extracts from that conversation in our podcast feed which you can subscribe to wherever you normally find your podcasts.

Māori data sovereignty

In this episode Board | te Poari chief professional advisor, Damon Newrick talks to Dr. Karaitiana Taiuru about Māori data sovereignty in the context of digital health.    Dr Karaitiana Taiuru, director of Taiuru & Associates is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading voices on Māori data sovereignty and digital technology ethics.   He works at the intersection of tikanga Māori, mātauranga Māori, and emerging technologies, helping organisations govern AI in ways that prevent bias, protect rights, and build public trust.   The conversation was recorded on Friday 20 March, 2026.

Jessie Snowdon - Informed consent

This episode is one of a series of short podcasts from a recent conversation between Board Te Poari Professional Advisor Damon Newrick and Jessie Snowdon. Jessie is a physiotherapist and the founder and director of On The Go Physio. She graduated from Otago University in 1998 and has worked in Christchurch, Edinburgh and London in a variety of roles. Jessie has experience working with people with a range of neurological, orthopedic and age-related conditions and is passionate about improving patient and carer safety through the delivery of effective moving and handling training and education. This extract is on the subject of informed consent and there are more bite sized extracts from this conversation in our podcast feed which you can subscribe to wherever you normally find your podcasts.