Te Wheke
I have talked before about Te Whare Tapa Whā, which is a well known Māori model of health, using the four walls of a whare (house) to describe four pillars of health. It is not the only model however, and Te Wheke, the octopus, was developed by Dr Rangimarie Rose Pere in 1997 as another model for health and education. The head of the the octopus represents whānau, or family. The eyes represent waiora, which is total wellbeing for the …