Tatauranga Umanga Māori Data Collection 2022

Changes to Māori business population for TUM 2022 The Māori business population for TUM 2022 consists of two subsets of Māori businesses: Māori authorities and other Māori enterprises. Tatauranga Umanga Māori Concepts – Stats NZ DataInfo+ provides definitions for both Māori authorities and other Māori enterprises. The number of other Māori enterprises identified in this release has significantly increased compared with previous releases, due to the addition of new population sources. Therefore, the data here differs from data published in previous Tatauranga umanga Māori releases. Māori business identification Māori businesses can be identified via: • self-identification through the Business Operations Survey, Business Register Update Survey, and Agricultural Production Survey/Census • self-identification through the New Zealand Business Number register • IR tax code • third-party lists (Poutama Trust, New Zealand Māori Tourism, Te Puni Kōkiri) • publicly available information on post-treaty settlement entities. Māori authorities are mainly identified via Inland Revenue (IR) tax code information. Some may also be identified via publicly available information. We also include data for businesses that are 50 percent or more owned by Māori authorities, or are in an ownership group with Māori authorities. Membership lists were received from Poutama Trust and New Zealand Māori Tourism in 2016, and have not been updated in recent years. A list of Māori businesses was provided by Te Puni Kōkiri in 2023, and was implemented into the population for TUM 2022. Collection of self-identification in the BOS started in 2015 and is limited to businesses covered by and responding to the BOS. BOS covers businesses with at least 6 employees. Self-identification questions in the NZBN register were added in April 2021. In 2022, the self-identification questions were added to the Business Register Update Survey and the Agriculture Production Survey. Population limitations Not all units in our Māori business population can be matched to the data from the various sources used for Tatauranga Umanga Māori. Each dataset has a specific population scope. Different surveys may exclude specific industries, sectors, or size of business from their population. Therefore, the population of relevant Māori businesses may differ between data sources. Additionally, some units may not have been selected for a specific survey, may have missing data, or were not matched to the dataset. Stats NZ acknowledges that the coverage of the business population for Tatauranga Umanga Māori needs further improvement. Stats NZ is continuing to work with stakeholders to obtain new and updated Māori business population lists. This will help to ensure that the statistics we produce are representative of the Māori business population. en-NZ