Tihei-wā Mauri Ora

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Teina.Piripi@northlanddhb.org.nz | 021 471 160



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Tihei-Wā Mauri Ora was developed by Teina Piripi & Vivienne Body.  It is an indigenous resource (not a model), based in Māori cultural understandings of the creative order of life and being. All life goes through these stages of being, divine potential, darkness, and light.  These stages are eternal and cyclic.

To be used for self-assessment through a Māori lens, to gain further knowledge and understanding of your own cultural identity (no right or wrong).  This is traditional Māori knowledge, he taonga tuku iho. 

The different realms of life development begin with Te Korekore, ki Te Pö, ki Te Whei-Ao, ki Te Ao Marama, Tihei-wā Mauri Ora!

Te Korekore (pitch black) the vast mass of potential being, imbued with divine essences.

[conception]

Te Pö realms (various shades of black) darkness and night stages of growth and development.

[child grows within the mother’s womb]

Te Whei-Ao (reds/orange) the realm of coming into being, critical changes and transition, glimmer of light.

[mother goes into labour in process of birthing]

Ki Te Ao Marama (white/light blue) the realm of light and being, this world, mortality.

[child is born into the world of light]

Tihei-wa Mauri Ora! (Blue/green) the living breath of life.

We can liken these stages ‘of being’ to represent different things, how we feel, our relationships, health and wellbeing, any aspect of our lives can be metaphorically represented within Māori cultural understandings of growth, development, life and being.

Questions in utilising Tihei-Wā Mauri Ora (questions you might find useful in your written reflections)

Choose an area of your life you would like to focus on, and then talk about the features of the resource that most resonates with you at this time.

• Discuss your understanding of what that place is for you? How have you come to this understanding?       How have you arrived in this place? What got you to here?
• How is it for you to have come to this understanding? Be here? Is it okay/ not okay – are you comfortable?
• Where does that take you to after making these discoveries? How have you been moved?
• What might help you progress in your development towards the next step on Tihei-Wā Mauri Ora?