Our Commitments to Indigenous Data Sovereignty
The Stream is a Māori (indigenous) owned business and as such has made a clear commitment to indigenous data sovereignty, particularly where Māori data is concerned.
We support and uphold Aotearoa data sovereignty principles as advocated by Te Mana Raraunga and Te Kāhui Raraunga through:
Being a Māori owned company
All tools being designed to increase data equity and get useful data into Māori hands
Ensuring the decisions around access, privacy and sharing all remain squarely with Māori owners
Focusing on te ao Māori methodologies
All of The Stream products have been developed specifically with mana whenua in mind. They have been developed to level the playing field for data access with a focus on data equity for decision making. All of our tools are built to be able to facilitate reciprocal data sharing, where agreed and where approved by data owners. Data (including Māori data in any algorithms) is:
Owned by those that contribute it
Shared only with those that the owners agree to
Completely private and secure
Pursuing the 8 Pou of Māori data governance
References
Kukutai, T., et al., (2023): Māori data governance model. Te Kāhui Raraunga. https://www.kahuiraraunga.io/maoridatagovernance
Brown, P.T., et al., (2023): Māori algorithmic sovereignty: ideas, principles, and use. https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.15473
Te Mana Raraunga (2016): Te Mana Raraunga Data Sovereignty Charter – Principles of Māori Data Sovereignty – Brief #1. https://www.temanararaunga.maori.nz/nga-rauemi