Whānau ora can be achieved by following the four pathways:
• whānau, hapū, iwi and community development: when whānau are supported to
manage their own response to oral health, each whānau is strengthened, as is the
whānau’s ability to participate in its own community
• Māori participation at all levels of the health sector, including in the design and
implementation of oral health promotion programmes that will be delivered to Māori
• effective service delivery: services should be organised around the needs of whānau,
and physical, financial and cultural barriers to services need to be removed
• working across sectors to address the wider issues that affect Māori health.