Te Whare Tapa Whā – a Māori Health Model Perhaps the most well know of all Māori health models – first considered by Durie in the mid 1980’sPerhaps the most well know of all Māori health models – first considered by Durie in the mid 1980’s A translation of Te Whare Tapa Whā reflects the four sides of a house, Te Whare – House – Tapa Whā – with four sidesA translation of Te Whare Tapa Whā reflects the four sides of a house, Te Whare – House – Tapa Whā – with four sides The model therefore has four main componentsThe model therefore has four main components - Wairua (spiritual dimension) - Tinana (physical dimension) - Hinengaro (mental dimension) - Whānau (family perspectives and interactions)

Te Whare Tapa Whā - like a house each of the walls are connected and inter-related (holistic) - a healthy wairua must be complemented with a healthy tinana or hinengaro and so on - balance between each is required - a deficit in any of the dimensions can therefore be viewed as being unhealthy Te Whare Tapa Whā - like a house each of the walls are connected and inter-related (holistic) - a healthy wairua must be complemented with a healthy tinana or hinengaro and so on - balance between each is required - a deficit in any of the dimensions can therefore be viewed as being unhealthy

Dimensions WairuaHinengaroTinana Whānau FocusSpiritualityMentalPhysicalFamily Key Aspects The capacity for faith and wider communication The capacity to communi- cate to think, to feel The capacity for physical growth & development The capacity to belong, to care and to share Themes Health is related to unseen and unspoken energies Health and body are in- separable Good physical health is required for optimal development Individuals are part of wider social systems