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.

Data represents what people are and do, and in this country that can mean considering Te Ao Māori ways of approaching data, and automation.

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.

Tourism in Aotearoa was significantly impacted in 2020 due to the ever-lasting effects of Covid-19. NZ Māori tourism approached us to better understand how Māori-owned businesses in the tourism industry were affected.

Our former team member, Pip Bennett, presented "What will it take?" at the International Indigenous Research Conference, "Gathering of Indigenous Minds" in 2020.

Ernestynne Walsh, our Māori Data Service Lead, and former CEO Kylie Reiri gave the keynote presentation at HACK Aotearoa in 2019. “Smarter health decisions with data science: an operational and a policy example”. Photo by Andrew Lau Photography.