Te Mana Raraunga · CARE-aligned

Kaitiakitanga

How the Kāhui holds cultural data on behalf of the communities it comes from.

Our commitments

Kāhui Anamata applies Te Mana Raraunga's Māori data sovereignty principles to every dataset we hold. The CARE principles (Collective benefit, Authority to control, Responsibility, Ethics) were developed specifically to complement FAIR for Indigenous data. Te Mana Raraunga is the Aotearoa custodian.

Waiata with iwi gates are not released without written consent from named iwi representatives.
Cultural metadata is held in a separate Supabase schema with row-level security scoped to iwi-recognised reviewers.
We do not sell, license, or aggregate waiata data to third parties without iwi approval.
Right of withdrawal: any iwi can request takedown; we honour it within 30 days.
All consent decisions are logged in an append-only consent_log visible to kaitiaki.
We publish a data governance changelog at /data-governance.

The four CARE principles in practice

CARE. Authority to control

Māori data is subject to the rights articulated in Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Iwi and hapū retain authority over data about them.

CARE. Collective benefit

Data ecosystems must enable communities to derive benefit from their own data. We design storage, access patterns, and analytics to flow benefit back to source communities.

CARE. Responsibility

Those working with Māori data are responsible for nurturing relationships, not just transactions. Every kaiwaiata, kaimātai, and partner we work with signs onto this principle.

CARE. Ethics

Minimise harm; maximise wellbeing. Cultural review precedes any public release, and we honour the right of withdrawal at any point.

Your data, your rights

See what we hold

Any iwi or named contributor can request a full export of data attributed to them, in open formats (JSON / CSV).

Export your data

A signed data export request is processed within 30 days. We deliver a portable archive plus a metadata manifest.

Withdraw

Any iwi can request takedown of a release, document, or attribution. Honoured within 30 days, no questions asked.

He taonga te data

"All data is potential taonga in relation to its utility, through technology or usefulness to the collective."
— Dr Will Edwards, Ngāruahine

"He taonga te data i tangohia mai i te tangata, i te mea ora."
— Moe Milne, Ngāti Hine

Source: Te Mana Raraunga Charter.

Machine-readable provenance

Local Contexts Hub integration

Kāhui Anamata is integrated with the Local Contexts Hub . the international standard for Traditional Knowledge (TK), Biocultural (BC), and notice labels. Every waiata, stem, and research paper can carry machine-readable provenance metadata that travels with the file.

11 TK labels

Traditional Knowledge usage protocols. TK Attribution, Non-Commercial, Clan, Family, Outreach, Verified, Creative, Secret/Sacred, plus gender / age gates.

5 BC labels

Biocultural origin. BC Provenance, BC Consent Verified, BC Open to Collaboration, BC Consent Optional, BC Creative.

5 Notices

Researcher / community / kaitiaki notices. Open with CARE, Open with Attribution, Research Only, Community Voice, Kaitiaki Consultation.

Local Contexts labels are machine-readable provenance metadata attached to digital assets. They travel with the file (in XMP metadata) and tell downstream tools (Adobe, DaVinci, web crawlers) what usage protocols apply.

Kāhui Anamata uses three label families:

TK (Traditional Knowledge). usage protocols from the community of origin. e.g. TK Attribution, TK Non-Commercial, TK Clan, TK Secret / Sacred.
BC (Biocultural). origin and consent for biological / environmental material. e.g. BC Provenance, BC Consent Verified.
Notices. researcher or community notices. e.g. Open with CARE, Community Voice.

See /kaitiakitanga for the full provenance framework, or localcontexts.org/labels for the full catalogue.

How labels travel with assets

Labels attached to a release are emitted as XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) metadata in PDFs, audio files, and image exports. Adobe tools, DaVinci Resolve, web crawlers, and archival systems all parse XMP. The labels therefore persist with the file wherever it goes. not locked inside the platform.

Active labels are also visible to every visitor on the relevant public page (e.g. /waiata, /research/papers). funders and partners can verify provenance without signing in.

Our commitments

Waiata with iwi gates are not released without written consent from named iwi representatives.

Cultural metadata is held in a separate Supabase schema with row-level security scoped to iwi-recognised reviewers.

We do not sell, license, or aggregate waiata data to third parties without iwi approval.

Right of withdrawal: any iwi can request takedown; we honour it within 30 days.

All consent decisions are logged in an append-only consent_log visible to kaitiaki.

We publish a data governance changelog at /data-governance.

The four CARE principles in practice

CARE. Authority to control

Māori data is subject to the rights articulated in Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Iwi and hapū retain authority over data about them.

CARE. Collective benefit

Data ecosystems must enable communities to derive benefit from their own data. We design storage, access patterns, and analytics to flow benefit back to source communities.

CARE. Responsibility

Those working with Māori data are responsible for nurturing relationships, not just transactions. Every kaiwaiata, kaimātai, and partner we work with signs onto this principle.

CARE. Ethics

Minimise harm; maximise wellbeing. Cultural review precedes any public release, and we honour the right of withdrawal at any point.

Your data, your rights

See what we hold

Any iwi or named contributor can request a full export of data attributed to them, in open formats (JSON / CSV).

Export your data

A signed data export request is processed within 30 days. We deliver a portable archive plus a metadata manifest.

Withdraw

Any iwi can request takedown of a release, document, or attribution. Honoured within 30 days, no questions asked.

Local Contexts Hub integration

11 TK labels

Traditional Knowledge usage protocols. TK Attribution, Non-Commercial, Clan, Family, Outreach, Verified, Creative, Secret/Sacred, plus gender / age gates.

5 BC labels

Biocultural origin. BC Provenance, BC Consent Verified, BC Open to Collaboration, BC Consent Optional, BC Creative.

5 Notices

Researcher / community / kaitiaki notices. Open with CARE, Open with Attribution, Research Only, Community Voice, Kaitiaki Consultation.

Kāhui Anamata uses three label families:

TK (Traditional Knowledge). usage protocols from the community of origin. e.g. TK Attribution, TK Non-Commercial, TK Clan, TK Secret / Sacred.
BC (Biocultural). origin and consent for biological / environmental material. e.g. BC Provenance, BC Consent Verified.
Notices. researcher or community notices. e.g. Open with CARE, Community Voice.

See /kaitiakitanga for the full provenance framework, or localcontexts.org/labels for the full catalogue.

How labels travel with assets

Active labels are also visible to every visitor on the relevant public page (e.g. /waiata, /research/papers). funders and partners can verify provenance without signing in.