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Hauora and Food and Nutrition

Taha tinana
Physical wellbeing
Food consumed for physical health - a balance of the required nutrients and adequate hydration
Taha hinengaro Mental and emotional wellbeing Food consumed as part of a cultural tradition; choice of foods to meet particular needs.
Taha whānau
Social wellbeing
Family food consumption; celebration; peer activities; gathering, preparing and sharing food with others; food as a way of building relationships, recognition through giving special foods.
Taha wairua
Spiritual wellbeing
Food consumed in religious ceremonies or rituals (e.g. powhiri, Tangi, Christmas, Easter, weddings, kosher foods, Ramadam). Foods that have specific meaning to individuals and their culture.

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