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Diagram of a whare, named with domains of Hauora.. Hauora is a Māori philosophy of health and well-being unique to New Zealand. [1]It helps schools be educated and prepared for what students are about to face in life.
Te Puni Kōkiri (TPK, also called in English the Ministry of Māori Development) is the principal policy advisor of the Government of New Zealand on Māori wellbeing and development. Te Puni Kōkiri was established under the Māori Development Act 1991 with responsibilities to promote Māori achievement in education, training and employment ...
Whānau Ora (Māori for "healthy families") is a major contemporary indigenous health initiative in New Zealand, driven by Māori cultural values. Its core goal is to empower communities and extended families to support families within the community context rather than individuals within an institutional context.
The focus of Ageing Well was ageing-related issues in Aotearoa New Zealand; its official objective was "to harness science to sustain health and wellbeing into the later years of life." [ 13 ] : 10 Some of the problems of ageing it was set up to address included inadequate housing, frailty, deteriorating brain health, poverty, ageism, and ...
The league has become an organisation which focuses less on women and more on family wellness and the wellness of the community. Recent initiatives have led to new socially concerned organisations including the Pouta Training Centre. [citation needed] The centre provides programs teaching things vital to basic health, such as quitting smoking ...
Rangimārie Te Turuki Arikirangi Rose Pere CBE (25 July 1937 – 13 December 2020) was a New Zealand educationalist, spiritual leader, Māori language advocate, academic and conservationist.
The phrase "Kia kaha" is prominently used in New Zealand's most famous military song, the Marching Song of the 28th Māori Battalion. [3] The phrase has been used for the title of a song by Split Enz and a book, Kia Kaha: New Zealand in the Second World War by historian John Crawford.
Māori cultural history intertwines inextricably with the culture of Polynesia as a whole. The New Zealand archipelago forms the southwestern corner of the Polynesian Triangle, a major part of the Pacific Ocean with three island groups at its corners: the Hawaiian Islands, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), and New Zealand (Aotearoa in te reo Māori). [10]