Commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi
It is important to acknowledge Te Triiti o Waitangi as the founding document of our Nation, Aotearoa New Zealand, and this should be used as the template for relationships with Māori peoples, iwi, hapu, whānau, organisations or groups.
This commitment statement acknowledges how each of the Articles in Te Tiriti O Waitangi affirm the rights of Māori with regards to the ownership, control, management and use of Māori data and the responsibility of tangata Tiriti if involved.
Article 1: Māori authority over Māori data is permitted under article one through the requirement of partnership and good decision-making
Article 2: Protection of Māori data is affirmed through the acknowledgement that data about, from or for Māori are considered as “tāonga or treasure”, therefore subjecting it to ownership and control under a Māori world view.
Article 3: Equal rights are given to Māori, thus allowing for tikanga Māori to be the prominent way in which the whakapapa and Mauri of data are managed. This also includes equity in data sets to be achieved especially in areas of health which are critical for Māori.