The co-design of a Māori data governance model is one of four workstreams of the Mana Ōrite Work Programme between Stats NZ and the Data Iwi Leaders Group of the National Iwi Chairs Forum. This is a high priority initiative for the Government Chief Data Steward and Stats NZ that will provide the New Zealand government with a unique opportunity to develop an approach to data governance that reflects te ao Māori needs and interests in data.
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Governance of the current official data system has not been designed in partnership with Iwi Māori. Nor do we have a te ao Māori lens across the wider official data system that may support both Iwi Māori and government aspirations for data.
This has resulted in challenges like:
We now have a unique strategic opportunity to enable Iwi Māori to add value to the official data system through te ao Māori insights and innovations. This opportunity will benefit both Iwi Māori and government agencies.
For Iwi Māori:
For government agencies:
Government chief data steward (GCDS)
Digital government leadership group
The minister of Māori-crown relations
Develop a MDGmodelthat improves how Iwi Māori partners can work with government to add value to the wider official data system. Improved partnership will support:
For Iwi Māori to work in collaboration with government agencies to co-design a MDGmodel for the official data system; a Treaty-based co-design process that appropriately reflects the Treaty partnership between Iwi Māori and the Crown. As such, it will be co-led by the DILG and Stats NZ, and facilitated by an independent, co-design expert.
Data Iwi Leaders Group
Stats NZ
The co-design process will serve at least two purposes. First, to co-design a MDG modelfor the official data system. Second, in the process of doing this, address immediate and emerging Māori data challenges across the official system. Learnings from this process will be synthesised and transferred for potential system-wide use in other sectors.
The DILG will bring together the ‘Te Ao Māori’ group made up of Māori data experts representative of te ao Māori; that is, both iwi and Māori stakeholders.
Stats NZ will bring together a Kāwanatanga (government) co-design group that is representative of key government agencies that have an interest in MDG.
Our success will look like:
The following agencies have accepted an invitation from Stats NZ CE/GSand GCDS to join the Kāwanatanga co-design group:
Department of Internal Affairs - representing the Government Chief Digital Officer
Te Puni Kōkiri
Ministry of Social Development
Oranga Tamariki
Privacy Commission
Inland Revenue
Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Education
Social Wellbeing Agency
Land Information New Zealand
Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment
NZ Police
In preparation for the co-design wānanga, Stats NZ has established a cross-agency Thought Leadership group tasked with thinking deeply about the impacts and opportunities of a MDG model and to engage in the conversations needed to produce a discussion paper. This paper will be provided tothe Kāwanatanga co-design group members to enable them to meaningfully participate in the co-design discussions.
Jul - Aug 2020 | Planning and preparation, Thought leadership group wānanga |
Sep - Oct 2020 | Co-design wānanga between Te Ao Māori and Kāwanatanga groups |
Nov 2020 | Develop and confirm model |
Dec 2020 | Final report for Māori data governance model and evaluation submitted |
The Māori data governance team at Stats NZ: tetohu@stats.govt.nz
If you’d like more information, have a question, or want to provide feedback, email datalead@stats.govt.nz.
Content last reviewed 29 September 2020.