Tatauranga Umanga Māori Data Collection 2021 - update

Changes to Māori business population for 2021 - update A new Data standard for Māori business (developed by Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa and a cross-sector working group) has changed the way the Māori business population is defined. The population for Māori authorities used for this release differs from the population used in previous releases, due to corrections to the way some businesses have been classified. This release includes data for the years 2017–2021 using the new population basis introduced in Tatauranga umanga Māori - Statistics on Māori businesses: 2021. See that release for further information on population changes. Therefore, the data here differs from data published in previous Tatauranga umanga Māori releases. This release only includes data for Māori authorities, and is an update to data that was published using improved population classifications in Tatauranga umanga Māori – Statistics on Māori businesses: 2021. Data for other Māori enterprises will be released at a later date. Māori business identification Māori businesses can be identified via: • self-identification through the Business Operations Survey • self-identification through the New Zealand Business Number register • IR tax code • third-party lists (Poutama Trust, New Zealand Māori Tourism) • 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. Collection of self-identification in the BOS started in 2015 and is limited to businesses covered by and responding to the BOS. Self-identification questions in the NZBN register were added in April 2021. 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, such as including only economically significant businesses. 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