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.

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.

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.

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.

To celebrate Mahuru Māori 2023, we’re sharing a hand trick for adding te reo Māori intros and sign-offs to your Outlook.

In December 2022 Nicholson Consulting officially became a certified B Corporation™! This is a huge milestone as it gives weight to the fact that our business is driven by impact.

OHI Data Navigator takes complex wellbeing data and organises it in a way that is accessible and useful to those working towards better outcomes for our rangatahi.

As more people consider the role AI should play in our future, we thought it would be an excellent time to think about the unique opportunities, challenges, and risks that AI presents to Māori in Aotearoa.

Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a field of computer science that focuses on getting computers to understand, process, and generate human language.

Nicholson Consulting was selected by Stats NZ to help weave the realisation of potential together through Māori data expertise in the data system architecture and design space.

2022 has been huge for Nicholson Consulting. With the year drawing to a close, join us as we reflect on moments that made our 2022 awesome.

Earlier this year, the talented Shanara Wallace joined us as Pou Whanake. Since then, Shanara has been running Akoranga Reo Māori, our weekly te reo Māori classes at Nicholson Consulting.