Emma Espiner
{{Short description|New Zealand broadcaster and political commentator}}
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Emma Espiner (née Wehipeihana) is a New Zealand broadcaster and political commentator.{{Cite web|title=Writer: Emma Espiner - Writers • Auckland Writers Festival|url=http://www.writersfestival.co.nz/programmes/writers/emma-espiner/|access-date=2020-10-23|website=www.writersfestival.co.nz}}{{Cite web|date=2018-08-11|title=Feminism in the family: Colleen Smith and Emma Espiner on breeding activism|url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/partner/are-we-there-yet/11-08-2018/feminism-in-the-family-colleen-smith-and-emma-espiner-on-breeding-activism/|access-date=2020-10-23|website=The Spinoff}} In 2020, she won Opinion Writer of the Year at the Voyager Media Awards.{{Cite news|title=TVNZ wins big at annual Voyager Media Awards|language=en-NZ|work=TVNZ|url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/tvnz-wins-big-annual-voyager-media-awards|access-date=2020-10-23}}
Biography
Espiner grew up in Wellington. Her mother, Colleen Smith, was a feminist activist and Espiner was involved in feminist protests from a young age. Her father was Martin Wehipeihana.{{Cite web|last1=Husband|first1=Dale|date=2018-07-28|title=Guyon Espiner: I'd love a New Zealand where we all embrace te reo|url=https://e-tangata.co.nz/korero/guyon-espiner-id-love-a-new-zealand-where-we-all-embrace-te-reo/|access-date=2020-10-23|website=E-Tangata|language=en-NZ}} Of Māori descent, Espiner has whakapapa (heritage) to the Ngāti Tukorehe and Ngāti Porou iwi. She graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Auckland in 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/for/current-students/cs-academic-information/cs-graduation-information/cs-graduation-search-and-confirmation/cs-graduation-search-results.html |title=Graduation search results |publisher=University of Auckland |accessdate=2022-05-15}}
She is a columnist for Newsroom and hosts a podcast Getting Better for Radio New Zealand about Māori health equity.{{Cite web|date=2020-10-12|title=Emma Espiner: Watching two New Zealands|url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/page/emma-espiner-watching-two-new-zealands|access-date=2020-10-23|website=Newsroom|language=en-AU}} In 2023, she published a memoir titled There's a cure for this".{{Cite web |title=There’s a Cure for This: A Memoir by Emma Espiner |url=https://www.penguin.co.nz/books/theres-a-cure-for-this-a-memoir-9780143776857 |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=www.penguin.co.nz |language=en}}
Her 2023 memoir, There’s a Cure for This, was shortlisted for the General Nonfiction Award at the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-06 |title=Ockham 2024 shortlists announced |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2024/03/06/248210/ockham-2024-shortlists-announced/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |publisher=Books+Publishing}}
= Personal life =
Espiner married journalist Guyon Espiner in 2012.{{cite news|title=TV stars, politicians mix at Espiner wedding |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/television/news/article.cfm?c_id=339&objectid=10783684|publisher=New Zealand Herald|accessdate=25 February 2012|date=6 February 2012}} The couple separated in 2023.{{cite news |last1=Wadey |first1=Rebecca |title=Guyon Espiner on separation, stress - and not drinking |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/wellbeing/300838529/guyon-espiner-on-separation-stress--and-not-drinking |access-date=29 March 2023 |work=Stuff |date=28 March 2023 |language=en}}
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External links
- {{Twitter|id=emmawehipeihana}}
- {{LinkedIn URL|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmawehipeihana/?originalSubdomain=nz}}
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:New Zealand journalists
Category:New Zealand podcasters