Introducing 'Ngaruroro', a New Model for Understanding Māori Wellbeing.
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2024-04-05
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MDPI AG
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Abstract
Indigenous peoples around the world are revitalising their ancestral beliefs, practices, and languages, including traditional understandings of health and wellbeing. In the Aotearoa (New Zealand) context, a number of ground-breaking Māori health- and wellbeing-related models have emerged, each with their own scope and applications. We sought in our qualitative studies to explore and identify several key sources of wellbeing for Māori individuals. Nine interviews were conducted with members of Māori communities to identify key themes of Māori wellbeing. We performed a Reflexive Thematic Analysis on these data and then conducted a further fifteen interviews to revise, refine, and reposition the previously generated themes. The Ngaruroro model describes wellbeing as the embodied and active process of being well in relation with one's (1) here tāngata (social and familial ties), (2) te taiao (the environment), and (3) taonga tuku iho (cultural treasures) while doing what one can to make lifestyle choices that are conducive to the health of one's (4) tinana (body) and (5) wairua (spirit) while cultivating a balanced (6) ngākau (inner-system), fulfilling (7) matea (core needs) and exercising your (8) mana (authority). These themes illustrate that Māori wellbeing is dynamic, interconnected, and holistic.
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Indigenous health, Indigenous wellbeing, Kaupapa Māori, Māori, Māori wellbeing, qualitative research, thematic analysis, Humans, New Zealand, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, Female, Male, Adult, Middle Aged, Models, Theoretical, Maori People
Citation
Johnson FN, Wehi P, Neha T, Ross M, Thompson V, Tibble S, Tassell-Matamua N, Shedlock K, Fox R, Penman Z, Ritchie T, Winter T, Arahanga-Doyle H, Jose PE. (2024). Introducing 'Ngaruroro', a New Model for Understanding Māori Wellbeing.. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 21. 4. (pp. 445-).