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Developing Māori Data Governance recommendations for the API Centre and Payments System
Payments NZ knew that Māori data sovereignty rights were important, and that Māori data governance could help give effect to Māori data sovereignty, but they weren’t sure how to go about the finer details of implementation. Nicholson Consulting’s Māori data team was able to support Payments NZ on their journey.
He mahi tautoko e He Ara Poutama - More mahi supported by He Ara Poutama
Since our last post about using HAP to develop community insights for Te Mātāwai, Kōtātā Insight and Nicholson Consulting have partnered with Te Taura Whiri i te reo Māori to use HAP to provide additional insights around Maihi Karauna – the Crown’s strategy for Māori Language Revitalisation.
Data to Inform Strategic Approaches to Whaanau Wellbeing
In 2022, our Maaori Data kaimahi worked on a fantastic project with Waikato-Tainui. This mahi included conducting data analysis that would inform the provision of their wellbeing services and support targeted COVID-19 vaccination efforts.
Q&A: The Risks, Challenges and Opportunities of AI for Māori in Aotearoa
As more people consider the role AI should play in our future, we thought it would be an excellent time to think about the unique opportunities, challenges, and risks that AI presents to Māori in Aotearoa.
Weaving Māori Data Expertise Into the Government Data System Design
Nicholson Consulting was selected by Stats NZ to help weave the realisation of potential together through Māori data expertise in the data system architecture and design space.
Te whakaora i te reo Māori – hei whāngai mōhiohio ki ō tātou hapori
An update on how He Ara Poutama mō te reo Māori is continuing to help te reo Māori blaze and glow.
Te Matapaeroa: Celebrating the Success of Māori Businesses in Aotearoa
Te Matapaeroa 2020 is part of an ongoing research piece focusing on Māori economic resilience and Māori businesses in Aotearoa, which is one of the strategic priority areas for Te Puni Kōkiri.
Whāki Webinar Series: Principles of Safe Data Use
As part of our ongoing work with Te Kotahi Research Institute for the Tikanga in Technology: Indigenous approaches to transforming data ecosystems programme, we were invited to host the Whāki Webinar series in January 2022.
Case Study: A Principled Approach to Data Strategy
In 2021, Nicholson Consulting were commissioned by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision (the audiovisual archive of Aotearoa) to provide a whakaaro Māori perspective on data to inform the development of their data strategy.
What does it take to Revive an Indigenous Language?
He Ara Poutama mō te reo Māori is a research tool that uses data to understand how we can revive an indigenous language to thrive today and into the future.
Five ways to embed te ao Māori into your Data Strategy
Data represents what people are and do, and in this country that can mean considering Te Ao Māori ways of approaching data, and automation.
Tikanga in Technology for the Benefit of Indigenous Peoples
University of Waikato, supported by Nicholson Consulting staff and other indigenous researchers, have successfully secured $6m funding over four years from October 2020 in the latest Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) Endeavour Fund round.