Ko te korenga o ngā taupā e hauora ai te tangata, me te kore hoki o ngā rerekētanga o te hua hauora ki tēnā rōpū, ki tēnā rōpū, ahakoa te mātāwaka, ahakoa te wāhi noho, ahakoa te ira, ahakoa te tūranga ohapori. He āhuatanga ka mātua pā ki te pūnaha hauora o tētahi whenua me te whai wāhitanga atu o te iwi ki ngā ratonga hauora.
The absence of barriers for a person to be healthy, and the absence of differences in health outcomes for different groups, irrespective of ethnicity, place of residence, gender or socioeconomic status. A notion that is mostly applied to a country's health system and the access that people have to health services.
tautika - to be even, level, equal
Ko te tautika hauora tētahi mātāpono matua o te pūnaha hauora o Aotearoa.
E whakatairangatia ana te tautika hauora e Te Kāhui Hauora o te Ao.
I whakatūria Te Aka Whai Ora, te manatū hauora Māori a te kāwanatanga, hei whakatinana i te tautika hauora mō te iwi Māori.