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ArticleJournal of the Royal Society of New Zealand2026

"If It Don't Talk, It's Not Whakapapa Data": Conceptualising Whakapapa Data in a Digital Age.

Ella Pēpi Tarapa-Dewes, Tahu Kukutai

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Article 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. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ella Pēpi Tarapa-DewesTe Ngira Institute for Population Research University of Waikato Hamilton New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8594-1792
Tahu KukutaiTe Ngira Institute for Population Research University of Waikato Hamilton New Zealand.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In Te Ao Māori, whakapapa is a sacred framework that connects all aspects of existence. Whakapapa is highly sensitive information and a taonga that requires active protection. But what can be considered whakapapa data in a digital age where data linkage is ubiquitous and the boundaries between personal and collective information are increasingly blurred? We explore this question through a case study with Ngāti Tiipa, a hapū that is actively engaged in its own data sovereignty research. Reflexive thematic analysis of whānau kōrero identified three types of whakapapa data, each denoting a specific kind of connection: 1) between relatives, both living and deceased; 2) between people and places of cultural significance; and 3) between people and the spiritual realm. Whānau concepts of whakapapa data tend to be context-specific, suggesting that it is more useful to think of whakapapa data as dynamic and relational rather than a fixed, inherent attribute.

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data protectiondata sovereigntydigital contextMāoritaongatikangawhakapapa

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PMID41798787
PMCPMC12965030

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