Hauora: Wellbeing, health and physical education

Our hauora, or health and wellbeing is vital for ourselves, our whanau, community and nation. Importantly, as the below subtopics reveal, the concept of hauora covers many areas — including our relationship to whenua and our social, mental, physical, and spiritual health. All these play an essential role in our wellbeing. SCIS no: 1819495

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Netball match between St Catherine's Old Girls and Wellington High School Old Girls
Netball match between St Catherine's Old Girls and Wellington High School Old Girls
Netball match between Saint Catherine's Old Girls and Wellington High School Old Girls, photographed 20 July 1981 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) indivi...
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Hauora: An Introduction
Hauora: An Introduction
This set of resources looks at the Hauora, or health and wellbeing and includes 5 subtopics that look at our relationship to whenua and our social, mental, physical, and spiritual health. All these...
Stories
Hauora - Resources for Planning and Teaching
Hauora - Resources for Planning and Teaching
This story provides resources for teachers in both primary and secondary schools who are planning to teach about Hauora. It is intended to compliment and support the sub-topics in our Hauora topic.
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Hauora: Taha Tinana - Physical Health
Hauora: Taha Tinana - Physical Health
Taha tinana - physical wellbeing involves a range of issues that contributes to overall physical wellbeing. This story covers measures for taha tinana and what this means for children and youth of ...
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Hauora: Taha Hinengaro - Mental and Emotional Wellbeing
Hauora: Taha Hinengaro - Mental and Emotional Wellbeing
Taha Hinengaro is one of dimensions of Te Whare Tapa Whā, and focuses on mental and emotional health and wellbeing.
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Hauora: Taha Whānau - Social Wellbeing
Hauora: Taha Whānau - Social Wellbeing
Taha whānau goes beyond family wellbeing to include relationships with friends, colleagues and in the community. This story covers the importance of taha whānau, what groups we belong to, and how t...
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Hauora: Taha Wairua - Spiritual Wellbeing
Hauora: Taha Wairua - Spiritual Wellbeing
The Taha Wairau component of Hauora refers to the spiritual (religious and non-religious) beliefs and values that determines the identify of a person or community and gives purpose to their lives.
Stories
Hauora: Whenua - Connection to the Land
Hauora: Whenua - Connection to the Land
The whenua (land) is vital to our overall wellbeing, as it is the foundation of life that sustains us physically, mentally, spiritually and socially. This story looks at how different cultures view...
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Pacific Islanders Congregational Church Basketball Club women's team of 1958
The church had a significant role to play in the social wellbeing of people in the Pacific Islands.
Photograph taken by Crown Studios of Wellington. Front row (from left): Tungane Aunoa, Mata Cowan, Ina Stevenson (Tiione Ironui), Mata Nia, Maria Taumaai. Back row (from left): Miriama Singer, unkn...
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Sara Drum and North Korean colleagues
Teamwork and camaraderie is important for social wellbeing.
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Social Distancing during COVID-19 Pandemic
Social distancing during the COVID-19 lockdown had a huge impact on social wellbeing.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, two friends meet at the Manawatū River near Pork Chop Hill in the evening. Their conversation is able to be heard from quite a distance away because there is no traffi...
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Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- : Would love to tidy up but I need all my energy for school these days.. Waikato Times, 6 October 2004.
Energy reserves for physical activity in school only — and not at home!
A haggard looking mother stands amidst the mess of her son's bedroom, which she is trying to get him to tidy. Extended Title - Primary school children to get at least one extra hour of excercise a...
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Educational display (dental health) - Tooth food pyramid
Which of the three little pigs had the healthiest teeth?
This group of hand painted images tell the story of 'The Three Little Pigs', with a dental health twist. The story has been used as an allegory for building strong teeth (like the little pig that b...
Images
Primary school boys drinking their school milk, Linwood, Christchurch
Milk for kids in school programme.
Primary school boys drink their school milk. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe in the 1940s at Linwood, Christchurch. From 1937 to 1967 a free issue of a half-pint daily ration of milk was ma...
Images
Netball match between St Catherine's Old Girls and Wellington High School Old Girls
Netball match between St Catherine's Old Girls and Wellington High School Old Girls
Netball match between Saint Catherine's Old Girls and Wellington High School Old Girls, photographed 20 July 1981 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) indivi...
Stories
Hauora: An Introduction
Hauora: An Introduction
This set of resources looks at the Hauora, or health and wellbeing and includes 5 subtopics that look at our relationship to whenua and our social, mental, physical, and spiritual health. All these...
Stories
Hauora - Resources for Planning and Teaching
Hauora - Resources for Planning and Teaching
This story provides resources for teachers in both primary and secondary schools who are planning to teach about Hauora. It is intended to compliment and support the sub-topics in our Hauora topic.
Stories
Hauora: Taha Tinana - Physical Health
Hauora: Taha Tinana - Physical Health
Taha tinana - physical wellbeing involves a range of issues that contributes to overall physical wellbeing. This story covers measures for taha tinana and what this means for children and youth of ...
Stories
Hauora: Taha Hinengaro - Mental and Emotional Wellbeing
Hauora: Taha Hinengaro - Mental and Emotional Wellbeing
Taha Hinengaro is one of dimensions of Te Whare Tapa Whā, and focuses on mental and emotional health and wellbeing.
Stories
Hauora: Taha Whānau - Social Wellbeing
Hauora: Taha Whānau - Social Wellbeing
Taha whānau goes beyond family wellbeing to include relationships with friends, colleagues and in the community. This story covers the importance of taha whānau, what groups we belong to, and how t...
Stories
Hauora: Taha Wairua - Spiritual Wellbeing
Hauora: Taha Wairua - Spiritual Wellbeing
The Taha Wairau component of Hauora refers to the spiritual (religious and non-religious) beliefs and values that determines the identify of a person or community and gives purpose to their lives.
Stories
Hauora: Whenua - Connection to the Land
Hauora: Whenua - Connection to the Land
The whenua (land) is vital to our overall wellbeing, as it is the foundation of life that sustains us physically, mentally, spiritually and socially. This story looks at how different cultures view...
Images
Pacific Islanders Congregational Church Basketball Club women's team of 1958
The church had a significant role to play in the social wellbeing of people in the Pacific Islands.
Photograph taken by Crown Studios of Wellington. Front row (from left): Tungane Aunoa, Mata Cowan, Ina Stevenson (Tiione Ironui), Mata Nia, Maria Taumaai. Back row (from left): Miriama Singer, unkn...
Images
Sara Drum and North Korean colleagues
Teamwork and camaraderie is important for social wellbeing.
Images
Social Distancing during COVID-19 Pandemic
Social distancing during the COVID-19 lockdown had a huge impact on social wellbeing.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, two friends meet at the Manawatū River near Pork Chop Hill in the evening. Their conversation is able to be heard from quite a distance away because there is no traffi...
Images
Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- : Would love to tidy up but I need all my energy for school these days.. Waikato Times, 6 October 2004.
Energy reserves for physical activity in school only — and not at home!
A haggard looking mother stands amidst the mess of her son's bedroom, which she is trying to get him to tidy. Extended Title - Primary school children to get at least one extra hour of excercise a...
Images
Educational display (dental health) - Tooth food pyramid
Which of the three little pigs had the healthiest teeth?
This group of hand painted images tell the story of 'The Three Little Pigs', with a dental health twist. The story has been used as an allegory for building strong teeth (like the little pig that b...
Images
Primary school boys drinking their school milk, Linwood, Christchurch
Milk for kids in school programme.
Primary school boys drink their school milk. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe in the 1940s at Linwood, Christchurch. From 1937 to 1967 a free issue of a half-pint daily ration of milk was ma...

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