The capacity for physical growth and development. This represents our body, the vessel that carries us through the journey of life. Good physical health is required for optimal development.  Our physical being shelters us from the external environment.

The opportunity to connect, belong and be part of a wider social group.  This represents our whanau and provides us with the strength to be who we are. This is the link to our ancestors, our ties to all that is the past, the present and the future.

The ability to communicate, to think and to feel that the mind and body are one. This represents the perception of how we see ourselves in the universe acknowledging that our thoughts, feelings and emotions are integral components of the body and soul.

The acknowledgement for having faith and connection with a higher power. This represents the spiritual essence of a person and how they engage with their spiritual beliefs. This determines us as individuals and also as a collective, who and what we are, where have we come from and where are we going.