Associate Professor Dr Dianne Wepa is the Head of Discipline, Social Work at CDU and an Indigenous Maori woman from New Zealand. Dianne’s Phd focused on how Māori engaged with healthcare services. She has published journal articles, textbooks and provided Keynote presentations on Cultural Safety, Suicide Prevention and Clinical Supervision. Dianne is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker with AASW and holds several adjunct positions with the University of South Australia; University of Bradford, UK and Auckland University of Technology, NZ. Dianne's research in 2023 includes: the impact of digital technology on suicide prevention; fathers' use of Kangaroo Care with new-born babies; Aboriginal peoples’ mental health discourse; digital incident reporting in Sweden; evaluating health services users’ satisfaction for Kurdish Immigrants; demystifyng case management in New Zealand; Health professionals' perspectives of legal cannabis users; Australian midwifery students’ resilience and Māori in a Post COVID-19 world. Dianne serves on the Editorial Board for the International Journal of Education, Culture and Society (IJECS). She is supervising 10 higher degree students in Australia, UK and New Zealand and will be publishing her 3rd edition of Cultural Safety in Aotearoa New Zealand in early 2024