Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: The 2021 Te Pūtahitanga report showed that little data exists on the scale of investment in research conducted by Māori or for the benefit of Māori. Recent research has shown Māori make up 3 percent of total research staff at Crown research institutes, and 4.8 percent of academic and university staff. We need to do better than this. A modern, future-focused research system must strengthen the role of Māori in and consider how the system achieves outcomes for Māori. We need to embed Te Tiriti across our system, better enabling mātauranga Māori in the interface between mātauranga and other forms of research, and it's vital that we do more to remove barriers to entry in advancement of Māori as part of a thriving research system.