MANZ Conference 2024

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Te Whare Tapa Whā

The purpose of Te Whare Tapa Whā was to develop wellbeing not just to fix a health problem but to become well within yourself. Te Whare Tapa Whā was developed by Sir Mason Durie in 1984.

It brings together the hinengaro - mind, the tinana - body, the whanau - family connection of one sort or another, and then look at the spiritual experience that is wairua. They are not four separate elements they are elements of the same thing and the same thing is a sense of well-being and health.

The importance of the Te Whare Tapa Whā is having a holistic view of ourselves and of others. The dimensions are all part of the same thing, it does affect the wairua, it does affect the way people think, it does affect connections with whanau. To pull these dimensions together is probably the most important thing, not to see them as separate so we don’t have a programme for wairua and a programme for tinana and the challenge for people who provide health services is how to have an engagement with the people they are helping that encompasses all four dimensions.

These four dimensions all have a connection with the environment. If you’re talking about taha wairua the environment is a critical factor. That includes the land, the rivers, sky and particularly for Maori. That’s why we talk about our people according to the river they come from or the mountain they belong to so that is an integral part of wairua. And when you think about taha whanau, what often binds whanau even stronger, is their connection to land.

Advancing and progressing Maori outcomes for Maori wellbeing particularly within the context of the realm of hauora and through the vehicle of matauranga Maori we get the best outcomes when we work together for a common vision for all.

Keynote Speaker -Tira Albert - Nō Te Whānau-A-Apanui, Ngāti Rahiri Tumutumu me Te Waipounamu o Aotearoa  

Chair: National Cervical Screening Programme Partnership and Equity Action Group Member: Māori Monitoirng and Equity group (MMEG), BSA IT Critical Infrastructure Business Advisory and the BSA Evaluation Panel group, NCSP Māori Media Campaign & Resources Advisory group, for the National Screening Unit MOH. Hei Āhuru Mōwai – Māori Cancer Leadership Aotearoa Board member of: Takiri Mai Te Ata – Whānau Ora Collective ki te Ūpoko o te Ika The current Kaiwhakahaere (manager) for Mana Wāhine. Tira has extensive experience in Māori health promotion, working towards equity in Breast and Cervical screening programmes and providing Māori specific cancer support services. Tira is also an advisor in the C3 Research Group 5-year Research Programme Diabetes and Cancer Co-occurrence. Most recent research as co-investigator in Assessing supportive care needs for Māori with cancer in Aotearoa/New Zealand with the University of Otago Wellington. I have a personal and professional committment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi as reflected in my work. A researcher for Cancer Narratives Aotearoa - He Kahui Korero Taumahatanga o Te Mate Pukupuku: Aotearoa, and provided advice on the development of the Kia ora - E te Iwi Cancer society national office project. My work in cancer research extends to being the primary investigator to develop the first indigenous cancer support programme for Aotearoa using Mātauranga Māori/pūrakau/traditional indigenous stories to support well-being of whānau while on their journey with cancer called Te Mauri – Whakamana Māori Whānau with cancer!