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Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngā Mokopuna: A Whānau & Community Centred Approach To te reo Māori Revitalisation
Ko te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngā Mokopuna (Ngā Mokopuna) he kura e noho ana i raro i te korowai o Te Aho Matua, kāti hā, e tū ai ki Te Whanganui-ā-Tara, ki Maraenui.
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngā Mokopuna (Ngā Mokopuna) is a Māori-medium educational institution located in Wellington, providing Te Aho Matua education for students from Years 1-13 and their whānau.
Archives NZ: Managing Care Records – a te ao Māori Perspective
Earlier this year we partnered with Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga Archives New Zealand to improve their recordkeeping practices around State care records. We were asked to provide guidance around how...
Nicholson Consulting Submission: Modernising our Approach to the 2028 Census Consultation
On the 18th of June 2024, Nicholson Consulting provided our submission on Stats NZ's proposal to adopt an admin-data-first census for 2028 onwards.
Indicators 101: How Data Scientists Measure Change
At Nicholson Consulting, we partner with many organisations that are dedicated to making Aotearoa a better place. From te reo Māori revitalisation, to providing opportunities to rangatahi, to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities – many of the organisations we work with aspire to change…
Developing Māori Data Governance recommendations for the API Centre and Payments System
Payments NZ knew that Māori data sovereignty rights were important, and that Māori data governance could help give effect to Māori data sovereignty, but they weren’t sure how to go about the finer details of implementation. Nicholson Consulting’s Māori data team was able to support Payments NZ on their journey.
He mahi tautoko e He Ara Poutama - More mahi supported by He Ara Poutama
Since our last post about using HAP to develop community insights for Te Mātāwai, Kōtātā Insight and Nicholson Consulting have partnered with Te Taura Whiri i te reo Māori to use HAP to provide additional insights around Maihi Karauna – the Crown’s strategy for Māori Language Revitalisation.
Propensity Matching for Robust Service Delivery
Propensity matching is a statistical technique that can give more confidence to service providers, policy makers, or anyone responsible for ensuring that evaluations of large programmes of work are robust.
A Look Back on Mana Whenua and Crown Local Governance in Pōneke
Our Analytics Lead Sally Hett and former Analytics Lead Dani Lucas had an article published that takes a look back on mana whenua and Crown local governance in Pōneke, and encourages readers to consider the historical context when making decisions today.
Data to Inform Strategic Approaches to Whaanau Wellbeing
In 2022, our Maaori Data kaimahi worked on a fantastic project with Waikato-Tainui. This mahi included conducting data analysis that would inform the provision of their wellbeing services and support targeted COVID-19 vaccination efforts.
Mahuru Māori 2023
To celebrate Mahuru Māori 2023, we’re sharing a hand trick for adding te reo Māori intros and sign-offs to your Outlook.