Emma Rawson Te-Patu is the president of the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA). She belongs to the Māori tribal groups of Ngāti Ranginui, Ngai te Rangi, Raukawa, and Ngāti Hauā and is the first Indigenous woman to hold this esteemed position. Emma is the director at ManuKahu Associates Limited, an Indigenous consultancy in Āotearoa New Zealand. She holds a Master’s Degree in Public Health with a focus on Institutional Racism from Auckland University of Technology. Emma is currently working on developing a global framework for transformational public health, grounded in Indigenous knowledge, values, and human rights.