CEO for the Kaupapa Māori and Cultural Communities at FENZ

This week on Māpuna we speak to Piki Thomas, the newly appointed deputy chief executive for the kaupapa Māori and cultural communities branch of Fire and Emergency NZ. In his 35 years as a career firefighter, he's done pretty much every job in the service, from answering the phones as a 111 operator, to being the first Māori liaison officer. He joins Julian Wilcox to discuss what this new role means, Māori being over-represented in the number of fire-related deaths and injuries in Aotearoa, with many Marae not fully prepared in the case of a fire, and why taking a kaupapa Māori approach to day-to-day work will help improve outcomes for all.