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ReviewJournal of the Royal Society of New Zealand2026

Poipoia Te Kākano Kia Puāwai: The Operationalisation of Māori Data Sovereignty in Aotearoa-A Scoping Literature Review.

Paula Toko King, Natalie Paki Paki, Donna Cormack, Cheryl Davies, Roimata Timutimu, Gabrielle Baker, Tristram Ingham, Bernadette Jones, Marama Cole, Chris Kemp

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Review in Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Paula Toko KingTe Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka/University of Otago (Pōneke) Wellington New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4978-1349
Natalie Paki PakiTe Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka/University of Otago (Pōneke) Wellington New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1294-3140
Donna CormackTe Kupenga Hauora Māori Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences The University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand.
Cheryl DaviesTū Kotahi Māori Asthma Trust Lower Hutt New Zealand.
Roimata TimutimuIwi Māori Data Expert Māori New Zealand.
Gabrielle BakerBaker Consulting Auckland New Zealand.
Tristram InghamDepartment of Medicine Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka/University of Otago (Pōneke) Wellington New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7087-2531
Bernadette JonesDepartment of Medicine Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka/University of Otago (Pōneke) Wellington New Zealand.
Marama ColeTe Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka/University of Otago (Pōneke) Wellington New Zealand.
Chris KempCenter for Indigenous Health Johns Hopkins University Baltimore Maryland USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Māori Data Sovereignty and Māori Data Governance are articulationsand expressions of our Māori rights to be self-determining as sovereign peoples. Over the last decade, there has been considerable growth in scholarship, theorising and advocacy around Māori Data Sovereignty with a number of frameworks, models and sets of principles developed. Underpinned by Kaupapa Māori theory and informed by the PRISMA and CONSIDER guidelines, this scoping literature review examined the application of Te Ao Māori concepts, values, principles and/or practices to operationalisation of Māori Data Sovereignty and/or Māori Data Governance. Of the 2413 records identified, 32 full texts met our inclusion criteria. We identified 21 Te Ao Māori concepts, values, principles and/or practices (listed in order of frequency): 'Katiakitanga'; 'Rangatiratanga'; 'Whakapapa'; 'Whanaungatanga'; 'Manaakitanga'; 'Kotahitanga'; 'Tapu/Noa'; 'Mauri'; 'Mana'; 'Hau'; 'Wairua(tanga)'; 'Pūkenga(tanga)'; 'Rāhui'; 'Pōwhiri'; 'Wānanga'; 'Pūrākau'; 'Tika'; 'Pono'; 'Mana Motuhake'; 'Tino rangatiratanga'; and 'Ūkaipōtanga'. We describe their interpretation and application to Māori Data Sovereignty and/or Māori Data Governance. We also identified lesser focus in the literature of the Māori Data Sovereignty aspirations and priorities of specific Māori population groups, for example, tamariki and rangatahi Māori, tāngata whaikaha Māori and takatāpui Māori, and discuss implications for Māori data futures.

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data protectiondata rightsHapū Data SovereigntyIndigenous Data SovereigntyIwi Data SovereigntyMāori Data GovernanceMāori Data Sovereignty

Identifiers

PMID41798113
PMCPMC12959609

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