Māori Data Sovereignty Network
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Our Charter

Tūtohinga


All data is potential taonga in relation to its utility, through technology or usefulness to the collective
— Dr Will Edwards, Ngāruahine

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.

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The Charter sets out:

  • Our purpose

  • Tikanga / guiding principles,

  • Mana-Mahi (Governance-Operations) Framework

  • Membership of Te Mana Raraunga