Taha tinana is your physical wellbeing. It is about how your body grows, feels and moves, and how you care for it. Nourishing and strengthening your physical wellbeing helps you to cope with the ups and downs and life. Feeling physically well helps you feel mentally well.

Taha wairua is about the things that give you meaning. For some, it’s about a religious faith, but it can also be about learning to celebrate your own story; who you are, what you believe, where you belong and where you’re going.

For Māori, taha hinengaro describes the expression of thoughts and feelings of our mind, heart and conscience. These expressions can be communicated through gestures, eye movements, facial expressions and verbally.

Taha whānau is about the people who matter; your family, your friends and the people you spend time with at school, in work or in your community.