This episode of Ao Mai Te Rā–Dr Hinemoa Elder speaks with Dr Heather Came a seventh generation Pākehā New Zealander who grew up on Ngātiwai land. She has worked for nearly 25 years in health promotion, public health, Māori health and has a long involvement in social justice activism in Aotearoa New Zealand. Heather is a founding member and co-chair of STIR: Stop Institutional Racism, a fellow of the Health Promotion Forum, long standing member of Public Health Association and an active member of Tāmaki Tiriti Workers. She currently embraces life as an activist scholar. She was lead author of Te Tiriti-based practice in health promotion (2017) and has led shadow reports to various United Nations human rights committees around institutional racism. She is a Senior Lecturer based in the Taupua Waiora Māori Health Research Centre within Auckland University of Technology. In 2021 Heather was named joint Kāhui Hauora Tūmatanui New Zealand Public Health Association Public Health Champion with Auckland Regional Public Health Service. This award celebrates a lifetime contribution to public health.