Interview with Donna Kerridge - protecting rongoā in the trade space

We sit down with Ngā Toki Whakarururanga kaihautū Donna Kerridge to talk about the impacts trade can have on rongoā Māori. Topics covered also include how policies have affected rongoā in the past and what rongoā practitioners, healthcare workers and policy makers can do to help protect rongoā. Donna (Ngāti Tahinga and Ngāti Mahuta) is the founder and director of Ora New Zealand. She serves as member of the Accident Compensation Corporation’s Rongoā Advisory Panel and is the principal advisor and contracted negotiator for Te Kāhui Rongoā, the national collective of rongoā Māori healers, with the Ministry of Health. Donna also provides advisory services to a number of universities, research, professional and private training organisations and has served on a number of government expert advisory groups representing the practice of rongoā.