16 Mar 2026

Expert Feature: Everything you need to know about concussion

From Afternoons, 2:30 pm on 16 March 2026

Each Monday we invite an expert in their field to answer all your questions - today we're looking at concussion.

Every year in New Zealand there are around 36 thousand cases of concussion -which is a mild traumatic brain injury that affects brain function.

And it's not just rugby players suffering. 

Professor Alice Theadom is a professor of brain health and co-director of the Brain Health Research Institute at AUT, she joins Jesse.

If you have a question for her, do text us 2101 or email jesse@rnz.co.nz

Associate Professor Alice Theadom, is the director of the TBI Network.

Associate Professor Alice Theadom, is the director of the TBI Network. Photo: supplied