The first time that I was really confronted and exposed to the importance of data sovereignty, and in a Māori lens, was when I was attending a Whānau Ora hui up in Tāmaki-makau-rau—Auckland—about three years ago. There was a particular session on the importance of Māori data and information and who was to be entrusted and empowered with the collection, with the holding, and with the utilisation of that information. This bill attempts to address that in part.