Te Ngira: Institute for Population Research

🌸✨ Te Ngira Diwali 2025 – Lighting Up Our Workplace with Culture and Connection! ✨🌸
Our Te Ngira whānau came together this week to celebrate Diwali – the Festival of Lights, embracing the spirit of unity, joy, and cultural appreciation. 💫

From vibrant saris and bindis to delicious food and shared laughter, our team truly embodied the values of inclusion, diversity, and belonging. It was heartwarming to see colleagues from across the world
join in to experience and honour Indian culture. ❤️

These moments remind us that Te Ngira is more than just a workplace — it’s a community that celebrates each other’s stories, traditions, and heritage.

🪔 Happy Diwali from all of us at Te Ngira! May the year ahead be filled with light, positivity, and connection. 🌺

The New Zealand Population Association invites submissions from faculty and graduate students to their July 10-11, 2025 annual conference to be held at Te Papa, Wellington. The conference theme is 'Population, growth and social cohesion'. Any topics related to New Zealand population would be considered.
Please visit our conference page on our website - https://population.org.nz/nzpopcon/
The early bird registrations close on 6th June 2025 and the last date for submitting abstracts is 18th April 2025.

NZPopCon – Population Association of New Zealand NZ Population Conference NZPopCon 2025 New Zealand’s Population Conference 2025 will be held 10-11 July at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. This year’s theme is Population, Growth and Social Cohesion. Click here to download the conference flyer. Early Bird registration is now open .....

Two of our Te Ngira researchers Prof. Tahu Kukutai and Dr Jesse Whitehead were part of the team that designed the world-leading Māori Data Governance Model. The Model is featured as a case study for the Istanbul Innovation Days which is an annual flagship event for the global development community, sponsored by the UNDP. The event theme is 'Institutional innovation in an unsecure world'. Read more about the Model at the link below 👇

Redefining Data Sovereignty: Māori Data Governance in the Digital Age - Istanbul Innovation Days As societies navigate the challenges and opportunities of ubiquitous data many are struggling to put in place viable governance approaches that protect privacy and the public interest. Often these fail to take sufficient notice of different values and identities, overlooking the fact that data holds...

We celebrated a fantastic milestone at Te Ngira last week with the graduation of Dr Moana Rarere, the first tauira Māori to graduate with a PhD in demography in Aotearoa. Kei runga noa atu koe Dr Rarere. We are so proud of you👏👏👏

Te Ngira researchers Tahu Kukutai, Polly Atatoa Carr and associate Kate Prickett writing about the future of the Aotearoa NZ census 👇

StatsNZ is risking our future data with census changes OPINION: There are major fish-hooks in this proposal which risk compromising the quality of our flagship survey and undermine trust and confidence in the Census.

Te Ngira researcher Tahu Kukutai talked to The Guardian about changing Māori demography and what it means for Aotearoa

‘Our people are thriving’: New Zealand Māori population hits million mark Once regarded as ‘dying out’, Māori families celebrate population milestone and share their hopes for the future in a changing New Zealand

The first data from the 2023 Census is now available. 

The census is helping to identify trends such as declining fertility, increased immigrant arrivals, and a growing Māori population.

Professor Tahu Kukutai from the University of Waikato, Te Ngira Institute for Population Research, shared her insights on the results and whether New Zealand is facing a baby crisis on TVNZ Breakfast show this morning. 

Visit TVNZ on Demand and check out today’s episode at 17:28 - 25:25 to find out more about the challenges and opportunities we face as a growing population.
 

 

Te Ngira researchers Lisette Burrows, Tahu Kukutai & Polly Atatoa-Carr contributed to this Briefing on some of the critical needs and challenges that our national population statistics need to meet.

Counting what matters: Rethinking Aotearoa's population statistics without a census Statistics NZ has signalled a move away from five-yearly population censuses to the use of administrative data instead. This Briefing cautions any changes to the census must be carefully planned and reviewed so they don't undermine or limit our crucial statistical infrastructure.

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Te Ngira researcher AProf Polly Atatoa Carr talks about the importance and impact of the Growing up in NZ study 👇 Money spent to maintain the future interview rounds – expected to last until the participants are 21 – would be “a marginal cost for maximal benefit”.

Government risks own goal in cutting funding for Growing up in New Zealand The study holds a treasure trove of information about the problems affecting young New Zealanders – and the potential solutions.