Te Mauri o te Mana Māori

2025

Authors

Tohu‑Hapati, P., Camp, J., Russell‑Camp, T., Lyndon, M., Korohina, E.

Abstract

Aim

The project aims to amalgamate the types of mauri from the environmental space and abridge these to the context of health based on whanau need and utility in the clinical interaction.

Methods

A literature review was conducted and the search terms used were: “Mauri” OR “Indigenous Health AND Cardiac Health”; “Mauri” AND Health Equity ; “Mauri” AND “Health OR Indigenous Health OR Mental Health”; “Mauri” AND “Health OR Indigenous Health”. The Ovid and Knowledge Basket databases were used.

Results

The research highlights important indicators for the implementation of mauri into health. These namely being: 1) clinician-patient communication; 2) patients health attitudes; 3) barriers to health access; 4) Māori health; and 5) Te Ao Māori.

This research highlights the impact of colonisation on Māori and offers insight into a culturally appropriate management strategy that highlights and encourages cultural narratives into the clinical interaction. The research renders new mauri types pertinent to the continuation of mauri driven methods of health practice for Māori in Aotearoa and has potential to permeate into other indigenous narratives clinical practices as well.

Conclusions

As we foster models of health management beyond the biomedical and utilise the strengths of Kaupapa Māori (Māori methodologies) approaches can we begin to deconstruct the internal system barriers and beliefs that have deeply permeated into that same health system. If mauri-based models of care were consistently used and their cause effect measured we could then adopt a health modality approach that centres itself on traditional Māori knowledge synonymous with the Māori way of thinking to foster long lasting positive impacts on mauri tau and health outcomes that are self-determined by whānau.

Publication Link

https://www.heartlungcirc.org/article/S1443-9506(25)00398-1/fulltext