Ko te tauira hanganga tinana tangata te mea nui e ako ana i te wāhanga hanganga pūnaha o te hanganga tinana whānui. Ko ngā kupu o runga ake nei i roto i te rongoā i ahu mai i te hanganga tinana, e pā tata ana ki te mahi tinana, te mate pāwera, te rongoā, te koiora pathogenic me ētahi atu rongoā taketake tae atu ki te nuinga o ngā rongoā haumanu. Koinei te tūāpapa o te tūāpapa me te akoranga matua hauora nui. He akoranga tino mahi te hanganga tinana. Mā te ako i te mahi me te whakangungu i te mahi pūkenga, ka taea e ngā ākonga te whakarei ake i ō rātou pūkenga ki te tirotiro i ngā raruraru, te whakaoti rapanga, te mahi me te whakaaro takitahi, me te whakatakoto i te tūāpapa mō te mahi haumanu ā muri ake nei, te mahi nēhi me ētahi atu pūkenga ngaio. Ko te hanganga tinana tētahi o ngā kaupapa whakamātautau o te tohu mātauranga a ngā ākonga hauora. Mā te ako pai i te hanganga tinana ka whakatakoto i te tūāpapa mō ngā ākonga hauora kia angitu ai te puta i ēnei whakamātautau.
E whakaatu ana te tauira hanganga hauora i te āhua o te tūnga noa o ngā whekau tangata me ō rātou hononga. He momo tauira e whakamahia ana i roto i te whakaakoranga hanganga tangata. Ka taea e ia te āwhina i ngā ākonga ki te mārama ki te whanaungatanga i waenga i te tūnga noa o te pakeke me ngā whekau o roto, me te whakaatu i te hanganga tūnga o ngā whekau matua. He pai ki a ia te mātakitaki ngāwari, te whakaako ngāwari, ā, he pai hoki mō te rangahau.