Māori Business Definition: Consultation Findings

Agreement on what constitutes a Māori business is a vital step in measuring the contribution Māori businesses make to the Aotearoa New Zealand economy, Stats NZ said today.

A cross-sector working group is developing a definition of Māori business. The report Māori business definition: Consultation findings | Te Tautuhitanga umanga Māori: Ngā hua o te whakawhitiwhiti korero was released today and reveals a strong level of support for an agreed definition.

“A clear and consistent Māori business definition will help ensure coherent data collection and reporting about Māori businesses and their contribution to the economy,” Stats NZ Kaihautū Rhonda Paku said.

The report follows a draft definition put out for public consultation in October and November 2021, and consultation with Māori business representatives in focus group sessions.

The consultation asked the public for feedback on a proposed definition: A Māori business is a business that is owned by a person or people who have Māori whakapapa, and a representative of that business self-identifies the business as Māori.

Feedback published in the report showed support for the whakapapa and self-identification criteria of the proposed definition. However, the responses highlighted the diversity of views on the definition of Māori business.

“Stats NZ and the cross-sector working group want to thank all who made submissions and provided their thoughts on the draft definition.”

The final Māori business definition is expected to be released as a data standard in July 2022.

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• Te tautuhitanga umanga Māori: Ngā hua o te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero
• Māori business definition: Consultation findings
• Māori business definition: Consultation findings | Te Tautuhitanga umanga Māori: Ngā hua o te whakawhitiwhiti korero
• He mea tino hira te whakaaetanga mō te whakautu ki te pātai he aha tēnei mea te umanga Māori, he whakaaetanga taketake mō te ine i ngā takoha a ngā umanga Māori ki te ōhanga o Aotearoa, te kī a Tatauranga Aotearoa i te rangi nei.

E whakawhanake ana tētahi rōpū mahi rāngai maha i tētahi tautuhitanga o tēnei mea te umanga Māori. I whakaputaina te pūrongo e kīa nei Māori business definition: Consultation findings | Te Tautuhitanga umanga Māori: Ngā hua o te whakawhitiwhiti korero i te rā nei, ā, i kitea tētahi tautoko torowhānui mō tētahi tautuhitanga ka taea te whakaae tahi.

“Mā tētahi tautuhitanga mārama, toitū, mō tēnei mea te umanga Māori, ka pūmau te kohi raraunga me te whakapūrongo mō ngā umanga Māori, me tā rātou takoha ki te ōhanga," e ai ki a Rhonda Paku, te Kaihautū o Tatauranga Aotearoa.

I tāpaetia atu e te pūrongo nei tētahi tautuhitanga kōkau hei toronga whakaaro ki te iwi nui tonu i ngā marama o Whiringa-ā-rangi/Oketopa me Whiringa -ā-nuku/Nōema 2021, ā, i whai i muri ko te kōrerorero ki ngā māngai o ngā umanga Māori i roto i ngā wātū rōpū arotahi.

I inoi te uiuinga whakaaro ki te iwi kia tukua mai he urupare mō te tautuhitanga e marohitia ana: Ko tēnei mea te umanga Māori he umanga e puritia ana e tētahi tangata, ētahi tāngata rānei he whakapapa Māori ōna, ā, e kī ana tētahi kanohi o taua umanga, nāna anake te kī, he Māori taua umanga.

I whakaatu ngā urupare kua whakaputaina i te pūrongo i te tautoko mō ngā paearu mō te whakapapa me te kī a te tangata, he umanga Māori tōna, mō te tautuhitanga e marohitia ana. Ahakoa tērā, i whakatairanga ngā urupare i te huhua o ngā aronga mō te tautuhitanga i tēnei mea te umanga Māori.

“Kei te mihi a Tatauranga Aotearoa me te rōpū mahi rāngai maha ki ngā tāngata katoa i tāpae whakaaro mai mō te tautuhitanga e marohitia ana.”

Ko te tūmanako ka whakaputaina te tautuhitanga whakamutunga mō tēnei mea te umanga Māori hei paerewa raraunga hei te marama o Hōngongoi/Hūrae 2022.

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