What is the Te Wheke model?

Te Wheke, the model, presents the octopus as a symbol representing the whanau, hapu or iwi. Each of the eight tentacles of the octopus represents a dimension of selfhood, and the numerous suckers on each tentacle represent the many aspects within each dimension.

What is the purpose of Te Wheke?

The concept of Te Wheke, the octopus, is to define family health. The head of the octopus represents te whānau, the eyes of the octopus as waiora (total wellbeing for the individual and family) and each of the eight tentacles representing a specific dimension of health.

Who created the Te Wheke model?

They guide our decision making when seeking wellbeing initiatives and engaging with health and wellness providers. Te whare tapa whā is a model of the 4 dimensions of wellbeing developed by Sir Mason Durie in 1984 to provide a Māori perspective on health.

What are the differences between Te Wheke and Whare Tapa Wha?

This interconnectedness of the different components is explicit in Te Wheke, whereas it is more implicit in the Te Whare Tapa Whā model. The crucial difference between the various models is that ‘Te Wheke’ is an amplification of Māori concepts of being.

Why are Māori models of health important?

Culturally-based models of health and wellbeing provide indicators of important cultural values, concepts and practices and processes. These can then inform the development of a Māori-centred relational model of care to address inequity.

What is Noa in Māori?

Noa means ordinary, common or free from restriction or the rules of tapu. Often ceremonies were carried out to remove the influence of tapu from objects or people so people were able to act without restrictions.

What is Whanaungatanga in early childhood?

The online Māori dictionary defines “whanaungatanga” as: (noun) relationship, kinship, sense of family connection – a relationship through shared experiences and working together which provides people with a sense of belonging.

Where does Te Wheke originate from?

In Māori mythology, Te Wheke-a-Muturangi is a monstrous octopus destroyed in Whekenui Bay, Tory Channel or at Patea by Kupe the navigator.

What is the Māori model?

Te Whare Tapa Whā – Mason Durie The four cornerstones (or sides) of Māori health in the Te Whare Tapa Whā model of health are: whānau (family health) tinana (physical health) hinengaro (mental health) wairua (spiritual health).

What are the 4 cornerstones of Māori health?

Maori refer to the four cornerstones of well-being: hinengaro (mental well-being), wairua (spiritual well-being), whanau (family well-being) and tinana (physical well-being). All of us who practice old-age medicine and psychiatry would say that we subscribe to these concepts, and strive to practice in this way.