The TOI WāHine Framework
The TOI WāHine Framework is a culturally grounded, whakapapa-based model that guides wāhine through cycles of awakening, transformation, and renewal.
Rooted in the movements of Hinetītama and the teachings she left for her mokopuna, the framework helps wāhine recognise the life phase they are in, understand the lessons within it, and move forward with greater balance and clarity.
Shaped by kōrero tuku iho, tikanga, and embodied practice, TOI WāHine strengthens mauri, restores tapu, and supports wāhine to stand in their mana across all stages of life from whare pūhi, through whare tangata, and into ruahinetanga.
Our Foundations
At its heart, the framework aligns three guiding principles:
Kauae Runga
Connection to wairua, atua, and ancestral knowledge.
Kauae Raro
Grounding through tikanga, embodiment, rhythm, and seasonal awareness.
Kauae Kōrero
Expression through story, reflection, and the voice of lived experience.
Together these anchors support wāhine to move with spiritual clarity, embodied wisdom, and the freedom to speak their truth.
A Whakapapa-Led Journey
Inspired by the cycles of Te Kore, Te Pō, and Te Ao Mārama, and the transformational journey of Hinetītama to Hine-nui-te-pō, the TOI WāHine Framework honours both descent and return.
Each movement awakening, revelation, descent, remembering, and rising reveals the tikanga that shapes our behaviour, healing, and leadership.
Within this journey, the eight TOI pathways support spiritual, emotional, physical, and relational wellbeing.
Together they guide wāhine to:
awaken wairua and mauri
understand emotions and inherited patterns
restore balance through tikanga and ceremony
strengthen whānau relationships
care for tinana and hinengaro
embrace wāhine life cycles and ruahinetanga
integrate practices that sustain long-term wellbeing.
Why This Matters
When wāhine are supported to honour every phase of their journey, wellbeing flows naturally into whānau, hapū, and iwi.
The framework creates spaces where wāhine can reflect, learn, release, and reclaim the knowledge held within their own whare tangata.
It is a return to balance guided by our puna kōrero, our nannies, and the teachings of atua wahine.
A Living Taonga
The TOI WāHine Framework is offered with deep respect to the kuia and mana wāhine whose wisdom shaped its foundation.
It continues to evolve through ceremony, practice, and the lived experience of wāhine today.
Practising the Framework
The TOI WāHine Framework offers a way of understanding the movements of awakening, reflection, and renewal in the lives of wāhine.
He Moko Puna supports wāhine to ground these teachings through journalling, reflection, and intuition, allowing each wahine to move through the framework in her own time and rhythm.