He Ara Waiora : background paper on the development and content of He Ara Waiora

Abstract

Tikanga Māori Approach to Wellbeing to inform the Living Standards Framework He Ara Waiora is potentially internationally significant as a model for measuring and analysing wellbeing, sourced in mātauranga Māori. This report aims to serve as a comprehensive source document on the development of He Ara Waiora, containing an overview of the development of the model and some indicative approaches to implementing He Ara Waiora as a macro wellbeing framework to guide government policy as well as monitoring the state of wellbeing over time.