Jacquie Kidd, Ngapuhi, is a nurse by training and a researcher at heart. She has spent decades examining inequities and racism in the health system and uses story and poetry to bring whanau voices to the forefront of cancer care and research. A professor of Maori health at the Auckland University of Technology, Jacquie has a clinical background in nursing and almost two decades of expertise in whanau-focused Maori health equity research. Her research has concentrated on kaupapa Maori projects that have gathered whanau stories to help develop solutions to health inequities.

Significant projects that Jacquie has worked on include health literacy for Maori in palliative care; Oranga Tu, on prostate cancer for tane Maori; and Ha Ora, on improving early diagnosis of lung cancer for Maori. Her current work includes lung cancer screening for Maori, whanau hauora assess ment in the cancer pathway and anti-racism practice in healthcare. She is a trustee and co-chair of Hei Ahuru Mowai, the Maori Cancer Leadership group, and a keynote speaker at the World Indigenous Cancer Conference in Aotearoa in 2026. Jacquie lives in Ahuriri Napier with her husband and two dogs, just a short drive from her five mokopuna.