“All data is potential taonga in relation to its utility, through technology or usefulness to the collective”
Our Charter
The Te Mana Raraunga Charter outlines the key ideals that underpin our advocacy and capacity building initiatives.
Data is a living tāonga and is of strategic value to Māori.
Māori data refers to data produced by Māori or that is about Māori and the environments we have relationships with.
Māori data is subject to the rights articulated in the Treaty of Waitangi and the UN’s Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, to which Aotearoa New Zealand is a signatory.
The Charter sets out:
Our purpose
Tikanga / guiding principles,
Mana-Mahi (Governance-Operations) Framework
Membership of Te Mana Raraunga