Talanoa: Pasifika concerned at scrapping of census

Census change — can we make it work for us?

Professor Tahu Kukutai, Te Ngira: Institute for Population Research, University of Waikato. The government is scrapping the five-yearly nationwide census, replacing it with administrative data from government agencies and targeted annual surveys. Here’s Professor Tahu Kukutai on what that means for Māori.   The government’s recent announcement that it will ditch the census and make greater use of government data through an “admin data first” app…

Talanoa: Pasifika concerned at scrapping of census

Marama T-Pole | Presenter The Government plans to scrap the five-year national census and plans to fill the data gap with targeted surveys. Touted as a cost-cutting measure, not everyone’s keen on the move including members of the Pacific data sovereignty network. They say. the move risks “locking in invisibility” for Pacific People and here to explain what that means is a member of that network Malaetogia Dr Jacinta Fa’alili-Fidow.