Mā te rongo, ka mōhio; mā te mōhio, ka mārama; mā te mārama, ka mātau; mā te mātau, ka ora.
“Through listening comes awareness; through awareness comes understanding; through understanding comes knowledge; through knowledge comes wellbeing.”
Wellbeing grows from a chain of listening, awareness, understanding, and knowledge, each building on the one before it.
— Traditional New Zealand Wisdom, New Zealand
Source: Traditional Māori whakataukī, public-domain oral tradition
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