What is the Whare Tapa Wha model?
Sir Mason’s Te Whare Tapa Whā model refers to a wharenui (or meeting house) to illustrate the four dimensions of wellbeing: taha tinana (physical health), taha hinengaro (mind), taha whānau (family) and taha wairua (the spiritual dimension). With four walls, the wharenui is a symbol of these four dimensions.
What are the 4 dimensions of hauora?
These dimensions or elements are: taha hinengaro – mental health and emotions; • taha wairua – spiritual health, • taha tinana – physical health, and • taha whānau – whānau as the epicentre of one’s wellbeing. Inseparability of mind and body; expressing thoughts and feelings.
Why is Whare Tapa Wha important?
The Māori holistic model of health, te whare tapa whā, reminds you to take care of all the different aspects of your life to support your wellbeing.
What are the key features of Te Whare Tapa Wha?
Māori health models – Te Whare Tapa Whā
- The capacity for physical growth and development.
- The capacity for faith and wider communication.
- The capacity to belong, to care and to share where individuals are part of wider social systems.
- The capacity to communicate, to think and to feel mind and body are inseparable.
What are the 4 dimensions of Te Whare Tapa?
The 4 dimensions are: taha tinana (physical wellbeing) taha hinengaro (mental wellbeing) taha wairua (spiritual wellbeing)
Why is Te Whare Tapa Wha important in ECE?
Te Whare Tapa Whā explains the journey of many Māori learners and also outlines the tutor’s perspective towards this. When we talk about a learner from the context of Te Whare Tapa Whā we place our learner at the centre. And that means that we can look at our learners in four different ways.
Why was the Te Whare Tapa Wha model created?
The Whare Tapa Whā was developed as a response to a piece of research by the Māori Women’s Welfare League in the late 70s. Rapuora, the piece of research which had uncovered health issues and barriers amongst Māori, including a lack of spiritual recognition and issues of structural racism.
What are the strengths of Te Whare Tapa Wha?
What is the Te Whare Tapa Whā approach?
The Te Whare Tapa Whā approach to health and wellbeing was developed in 1984 by leading Māori health advocate Sir Mason Durie.
Who developed the Whare Tapa Whā model of Health?
Māori health expert Mason Durie developed the Whare Tapa Whā model of health in 1982. Professor Durie has affiliations with the Rangitane, Ngāti Kauwhata and Ngāti Raukawa tribes of New Zealand.
What are Te Whare Tapa Whā’s dimensions of wellbeing?
Te Whare Tapa Whā portrays four dimensions of wellbeing as four walls or sides of a house. If one of the dimensions is missing or damaged, the entire structure (representing the person) will become unbalanced or unwell. The four dimensions are:
What is Taha Whānau?
Taha whānau (family health) The capacity to belong, to care and to share where individuals are part of wider social systems. Whānau provides us with the strength to be who we are. This is the link to our ancestors, our ties with the past, the present and the future.