Our governance

Local educators, leaders, whānau and iwi understand what's best for their communities and how to provide the right support for their ākonga and learners, centred around their strengths. We are committed to ensuring these voices are represented in the governance of Te Rito. 

We are co-designing and delivering Te Rito working closely with two sector working groups: Te Rau Whakatupu Māori for Māori medium and Te Rau Whakatupu Auraki for English medium. Collectively these groups are Ngā Rau Whakatupu. Te Rito's governance arrangements include the chairs of Ngā Rau Whakatupu.

For more on the Ngā Rau Whakatupu membership, see Sector-led co-design.

The roll-out of Te Rito is led by the Te Rito Steering Group. The Steering Group includes sector representatives, regional representatives from Te Mahau and Ministry officials.

An independent, cross-sector data stewardship group has been established to provide trusted, transparent and equitable oversight of data held in Te Rito.

The Te Rito Data Kaitiakitanga Group advises on who should be able to access, use and share ākonga and learner data, for what purpose and under what conditions.

Their role includes making recommendations on requests for aggregated learner data in Te Rito, such as those received from researchers, the Ministry, or other education agencies seeking data to inform research or policy development.

The Te Rito Data Kaitiakitanga Group also works with the Ministry and other parties with an interest to help ensure Māori data sovereignty interests are respected.