Hauora Poster A2 & A3) - Schools and clinics

Kai Nourishes Our Whole Hauora

The Opportunity: Helping Children See the Whole Picture of Health

Children are often taught about health as a collection of separate behaviours: eat well, move your body, drink water and get enough sleep. These things matter—but hauora is about much more than physical health alone.

How children think and feel, where they come from, what matters to them, who supports them and their connection with whenua can all contribute to their wellbeing. When these dimensions are taught separately—or overlooked—children can miss the powerful message that every part of who they are matters.

The Kai Nourishes Our Whole Hauora poster offers an engaging way to introduce holistic health without turning wellbeing into another list of rules children must follow.

It helps children see that kai can care for the body while also creating connection, carrying culture, supporting emotions, expressing care and strengthening a sense of identity and belonging.

The Solution: A Memorable Visual Introduction to Whole Hauora

Created by New Zealand Registered Dietitian Kendall North, this vibrant educational poster makes the different dimensions of hauora visible, relatable and easier for children to understand.

Drawing on a holistic understanding of hauora, the poster introduces:

• Taha tinana: Caring for our bodies

• Taha hinengaro: Supporting how we think and feel

• Taha whānau: Connecting with others

• Taha wairua: Knowing who we are and what matters

• Whenua: Knowing our roots and caring for our land

At the centre, Kai holds a bowl of nourishing food while standing connected to the whenua. The surrounding whare and illustrations help children see that each part of hauora is connected—and that wellbeing is supported by much more than food or physical health alone.

A Powerful Way to Bring Holistic Health to Life

Ideas such as identity, belonging, emotional wellbeing and spiritual wellbeing can feel abstract—especially for younger children. This poster turns them into concrete, everyday experiences children can recognise, remember and discuss.

Whether used within Health and Physical Education, food and nutrition learning, classroom wellbeing, pastoral care or conversations with whānau, it gives kaiako a welcoming starting point for exploring:

• how we care for our bodies

• how we recognise and express thoughts and feelings

• how relationships and shared experiences support us

• how identity, culture and values shape wellbeing

• how whenua can connect us with place, roots and belonging

• how the different dimensions of hauora influence one another

• how kai can support physical, emotional, social, cultural and spiritual wellbeing

The poster can complement Te Whare Tapa Whā and other school-wide wellbeing approaches, making it useful even when a school does not formally teach one particular hauora framework.

Why This Belongs in Your School, Kura or Clinic

• Makes Holistic Health Visible: Helps children understand that health is not only about their bodies. Their feelings, relationships, identity, values, culture and connection with whenua matter too.

• Supports Curriculum and Wellbeing Learning: Provides a flexible visual starting point for teaching hauora, food and nutrition, identity, relationships, emotional wellbeing and healthy environments.

• Connects Kai With the Whole Person: Moves beyond nutrients and “healthy eating” rules to explore how food can also support culture, connection, enjoyment, care and belonging.

• Makes Abstract Ideas Easier to Understand: Uses clear language and familiar illustrations to turn broad wellbeing concepts into experiences children can recognise in everyday life.

• Shows How the Dimensions Connect: Helps children see that what happens in one area of hauora can affect the others—and that different areas may need different kinds of care or support.

• Encourages Meaningful Reflection: Creates opportunities to ask: What is supporting my hauora? What feels strong? Where might I need more care, connection or support?

• Creates a Shared Language: Gives children, whānau, teachers and health professionals strengths-based language they can use across learning, pastoral care and everyday conversations.

• Grounded in Aotearoa: Uses te reo Māori and whenua-centred imagery to support locally meaningful conversations about food, identity, connection and wellbeing.

Professional & Institutional Pricing

Every institutional purchase automatically includes a Single-Site Display Licence for use throughout one early learning centre, school campus, private-practice clinic, PHO or hospital ward.

• A3 Professional Poster: $39.00
  Compact 297 mm × 420 mm—ideal for classrooms, consultation rooms, wellbeing spaces or staff areas.

• A2 Professional Poster: $49.00
  Large 420 mm × 594 mm—ideal for school halls, health rooms, waiting areas and shared learning spaces.

💡 Bundle & Save: Create a coordinated health and wellbeing display while saving money with our [A3 Mix & Match Bundle] or high-visibility [A2 Mix & Match Bundle].

Heavy-Duty Quality: Made for Busy Learning and Clinical Spaces

Classrooms, corridors and clinical environments are busy, high-touch spaces. Standard paper and inexpensive laminates can quickly tear, curl, bubble or fade.

This poster is printed exclusively on Duroprint—a premium, heavy-duty synthetic material designed for durable, long-term display.

• 100% Waterproof and Tear-Resistant: It will not wrinkle, rip or be ruined by splashes or frequent handling.

• Easy to Clean and Sanitise: Wipes clean with a damp cloth or hospital-grade sanitising wipes without fading, bleeding or warping.

• Long-Lasting and Low-Waste: It will not fray or curl at the edges, reducing the need for frequent replacement.

• Child-Safe and Non-Toxic: PVC-free, phthalate-free and heavy-metal-free, making it suitable for high-touch educational and clinical environments.

• Fully Recyclable: At the end of its long life, the poster can be recycled as Type 5 polypropylene plastic.

NZ Procurement, Invoicing & Purchase Orders

We support institutional procurement pathways and accept standard school, kura, health-service and medical-centre purchase orders, as well as direct bank-transfer invoicing.

Select “Online Bank Transfer / Purchase Order” as your payment method at checkout, or email dietitian@kendallnorth.co.nz with your administrative requirements.

Disclaimer: This resource is intended for general educational and health-literacy purposes within schools, early learning centres and clinics. It supports conversations about kai and hauora but is not intended to assess wellbeing, diagnose or treat health conditions, or replace individualised cultural, educational or clinical guidance. If you have concerns about a child’s health or wellbeing, seek support from an appropriate health, education or cultural professional.

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