He Pūnaha Ora: Digital Collections as Living Ecosystems
Aleisha Amohia, Chris Cormack, Te Wainui Witika-Park
LIANZA 2025, Te Whanganui-a-Tara
He Pūnaha Ora
- Whakapapa of Collections
- Digital Sovereignty as Environmental Practice
- Intergenerational Collection Care
- Aleisha Amohia (she/her)
- Te Ātihaunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Hāua, Cambodia, India
- Rōpū kohinga Technical Lead, Catalyst IT
- Victoria University of Wellington – BSc & BCom
aleisha@catalyst.net.nz
Ko wai au?
- Te Wainui Witika-Park (she/her)
- Te Ātiawa, Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Pāoa
- Rōpū kohinga Developer, Catalyst IT
- Victoria University of Wellington – BSc
- Low vision
wainuiwitikapark@catalyst.net.nz
Ko wai au?
- Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe
- Nō Moeraki ahau
- One of the original Koha developers
- Kaihuawaere Matihiko at Catalyst IT
- Board member at Tohatoha (previously Creative Commons Aotearoa)
- Former board member National Digital Forum
- He Māwhitiwhiti ki te Kākahu o Hine-Raraunga at Te Kāhui Raraunga
chrisc@catalyst.net.nz
Ko wai au?
Māori Data Governance Framework - Values
Māori Data Governance Framework - 8 Pou
Māori Data Governance Framework - Outcomes
- The right service, at the right time, in the right way
- Better shared and autonomous decision-making
- A trusted and safe data ecosystem
- Data to drive iwi-Māori economies
- Supporting whānau to flourish
- Reaffirming and strengthening connections to identity, place and te reo Māori
Whakapapa of collections
Pou 8: Data classification
Whakapapa of collections
Pou 3: Data collection
Whakapapa of collections
Pou 5: Data access, sharing and repatriation
Digital sovereignty as environmental practice
Pou 2: Data infrastructure
Digital sovereignty as environmental practice
Pou 6: Data use and reuse
Digital sovereignty as environmental practice
Pou 7: Data quality and system integrity
Intergenerational collection care
Pou 1: Data capacities and workforce development
Intergenerational collection care
Pou 4: Data protection
Intergenerational collection care
Pou 5: Data access, sharing, and repatriation
Decolonisation of collections
Whakapapa of collections
Digital sovereignty as environmental practice
Intergenerational collection care
Further reading
- Māori Data Governance Model (Te Kāhui Raraunga)
- Principles of Māori Data Sovereignty (Te Mana Raraunga)
- Data sovereignty in Aotearoa: Navigating how to protect our digital taonga (Catalyst)
- Understanding Indigenous data sovereignty (IDSov) (Catalyst)
- Preserving Indigenous collections with modern technology (Catalyst)
- CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance (Global Indigenous Data Alliance)
Ngā mihi
- Aleisha Amohia
aleisha@catalyst.net.nz - Chris Cormack
chrisc@catalyst.net.nz - Te Wainui Witika-Park
wainuiwitikapark@catalyst.net.nz
