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Wellbeing

Rapuora: health and Maori women, published in 1984 by the Maori Women's Welfare League, reported on the factors that contributed to good health. Peace of mind, employment, physical health, lifestyle and whānau were all considered. This diagram shows each of these elements and the findings related to them.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: Elizabeth Murchie, Rapuora: health and Maori women. Wellington: Maori Women’s Welfare League, 1984

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Megan Cook, Women’s health – Māori women’s health activism, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/diagram/31501/wellbeing (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Megan Cook, published 3 May 2011.