Emma Rawson-Te Patu

President of the World Federation of Public Health Associations, Director of ManuKahu Associates, New Zealand

From the tribal groups of Ngati Ranginui, Ngai te Rangi, Raukawa and Ngati Haua, in Aotearoa / New Zealand, Emma Rawson-Te Patu is director of ManuKahu Associates, Indigenous Consultants. Emma is also President of the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA), the first Indigenous woman to hold this role. She also holds the Policy and Advocacy portfolio in the Indigenous Working Group of the WFPHA. She is a Researcher/Trainer, experienced facilitator and proud health promoter. She has a Master of Philosophy with Honors (First Class) focussing on Institutional racism in Public Health. She is contracting to the WHO and recently a consultant to the New Zealand Human Rights Commission. Her passion is developing training for dismantling institutional racism, supporting culturally responsive, human rights based public health approaches and socially/culturally conscious business strategy and organisational development. She is working on developing a global Indigenous public health institute in conjunction with broader Indigenous networks working in the global health space.