Friendship – Impact on Haoura

How Friendship Affects Hauora

Hauora Aspect Positive Impact Negative Impact
Taha Hinengaro (Mental & Emotional) Friendship provides support, reduces stress, and helps improve self-esteem. Friends can offer a sense of belonging and help manage negative emotions by offering a listening ear. Friendship can bring negative impacts if there is conflict, drama, or pressure to fit in, which can lead to anxiety, stress, or feelings of rejection.
Taha Wairua (Spiritual) True friendship can foster a sense of purpose and belonging, contributing to a deeper connection to one’s values, beliefs, and sense of peace. It can also support spiritual growth by offering shared experiences and meaningful conversations. If friends have differing beliefs or do not respect your spiritual values, it can create inner conflict and confusion, potentially leading to a feeling of being lost or disconnected spiritually.
Taha Whanau (Social/Family) Friends can provide a supportive social network, making you feel included, valued, and understood. They can also offer a sense of extended family, providing support in times of need and sharing in life’s milestones. Conflicts or toxic friendships can strain your social well-being and affect relationships with family, especially if they create division or tension. Time spent with friends can also sometimes pull you away from family, causing imbalance.
Taha Tinana (Physical) Positive friendships can motivate healthier lifestyles, like joining sports or outdoor activities together, and promote physical well-being through shared interests. Friends can encourage each other to stay active and maintain healthy routines. Negative peer pressure from friends can lead to harmful behaviors such as substance use or risky activities, which can harm physical health. Spending too much time with friends in sedentary activities like gaming can also impact physical well-being.

Explanation of How Friendship Affects Hauora Properties

Friendship has a significant influence on the four aspects of Hauora, which encompass a person’s overall well-being.

  • Taha Hinengaro (Mental & Emotional): Friendships are vital for mental and emotional health because they provide support, empathy, and a sense of connection. Having someone to share thoughts and feelings with can help reduce stress, manage anxiety, and boost self-esteem. However, unhealthy friendships can bring negative impacts, such as emotional distress, feelings of exclusion, or low self-worth due to conflict or pressure.
  • Taha Wairua (Spiritual): Friendships can enrich spiritual well-being by providing a sense of purpose and belonging. Sharing beliefs and values with friends can deepen one’s spiritual journey, offering moments of peace and understanding. However, a clash of values between friends can create confusion and lead to feelings of disconnection or loss of spiritual identity.
  • Taha Whanau (Social/Family): A strong network of friends can make you feel socially supported and valued. Friends can often act like an extended family, celebrating successes and offering comfort during challenges. Yet, negative aspects of friendship, such as conflicts or unhealthy influences, can strain social and family relationships, creating tension and emotional distance from loved ones.
  • Taha Tinana (Physical): Friends can encourage each other to engage in physical activities, such as sports, walking, or even just being more active, which supports physical health. Positive friendships can foster better lifestyle choices. On the other hand, friendships that promote unhealthy behaviors, like staying up late, substance use, or a sedentary lifestyle, can negatively impact physical health over time.

In summary, friendships can have a profound influence on all aspects of well-being, bringing both positive and negative effects depending on the quality of those relationships.

Maori games P.E. 5th September 2024

 

Ti uru

When: Unknown

Where: Nz

How was it developed: Unknown, but it was created to connect Family, tribe or group together and was called originally: Game of Gods.

Rules of the game: Pass the ball to one of the playerson your team that is standing on a mat to score some points. Player, who is standing on a mat must catch and control the ball or poi on the full with an open hand. Defense: Stop the other team from scoring points by intercepting the passed ball.

Equipment: Mats, ball and players.

Number of Players: 4-18 on each team.

 

Tapuae

When: Unknown

Where: Nz

How was it developed: The game originates from the story of Rahi who set forth to rescue his wife, Tī Ara, from the fairy people. In the traditional story, the game was created to settle differences between people.

Rules of the game:

There are three zones: two scoring zones and a middle zone. Each scoring zone has a kaitiaki or defender that guards three cones with tennis balls on top. The ball must be touched by a Smashie in each zone before a team can score. The defenders must stay at arms length from the opposition.

Equipment:

6-10 cones to be the Tupu

6-10 Tennis balls to put on top of the Tupu/cones

Kī/ball or just a normal netball/soccer/foam ball

Netball/Basketball court or Field marking paint

Bibs or Rippah tags to identify teams.

Number of Players: 10 minimum on each team

 

Ki o rahi

When: Unknown

Where: Nz

How was it developed: They created a game representing the attempted abduction of Ti Ara, which the tribes played together – keeping the peace. This is how the game of Ki-o-Rahi came into being.

Rules of the game:

Played for 4 quarters or 2 halves of a set time, teams alternate roles of Kīoma and Taniwha at half or quarter time. Kīoma score by touching Pou/s with the Kī (for potential points) then running the Kī through Te Roto and placing it down in Pawero to convert pou touches into points. Kīoma stop the other team, Taniwha.

Equipment:

1 tupu (central target) approx 40 gallon drum or rubbish bin. 7 pou. Ki, woven flax ball, normal ball, rocks, rolled up jersey or anything. Field marking.

Number of Players: Any

2024 Health Assessment on Death, dying, afterlife and how other cultures proceive it.

In Health, we have been studying about Death, Dying, and the Afterlife. We have learned about some different cultural beliefs and traditions. We have learned about how they handle death and their funeral rituals.

I am doing a legend-level task and am doing famous historical deaths. I chose my lord and savior: Jesus Christ. I hope you give me a high mark, enjoy the slideshow. Thank you.

The Purerehua

The Pūrerehua is a Māori wind instrument that transcends mere melody to become a vessel of expression and connection through the oro (vibrations) it creates. The Pūrerehua helps to connect you to the taiao, atua and Tipuna. Providing a means to whakapiki your hauora through a tradtional taonga. 

The Purerehua makes that buzzing sound via spinning creating resistance in the air which creates vibrations in the air which the ear captures. To get a more high pitched sound with you’re Purerehua, you have to spin it faster which