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NZ Treasury: Living Standard Frameworks

Find out more about Aotearoa New Zealands living standard framework

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i. An adequate description of the dataset
The Living Standards Framework (LSF) is a flexible framework that prompts our thinking about policy impacts across the different dimensions of wellbeing, as well as the long-term and distributional issues and implications of policy.

It supports New Zealand Treasury analysts by providing a framework to understand the drivers of wellbeing and to consider the broader impacts of our policy advice in a systematic and evidenced way.

ii. The source(s) of information
www.treasury.govt.nz/information-and-services/nz-economy/higher-living-standards/our-living-standards-framework

iii. The date when the data was collected and the expected update frequency
The Treasury has been iteratively developing the LSF since 2011, building on related work going back to at least 1999. A revised Living Standards Framework was released in 2018, with a further update completed in 2021.

iv. Any use or publication restrictions, including cultural restrictions
None

v. A contact person or organisation
www.treasury.govt.nz/contact-us

vi. Any quality/data health warnings
No

NZ Treasury: He Ara Waiora

He Ara Waiora is a framework that helps the Treasury to understand waiora, often translated as a Māori perspective on wellbeing.

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i. An adequate description of the dataset
He Ara Waiora presents a holistic, intergenerational approach to wellbeing and deepens our understanding of living standards. While its principles are derived from mātauranga Māori, many of its elements are relevant to lifting the intergenerational wellbeing of all New Zealanders.

He Ara Waiora articulates both the ENDS, or what are important elements in Māori perceptions of wellbeing and living standards, and the MEANS, or the tikanga values or principles that help us achieve the ends.

ii. The source(s) of information
www.treasury.govt.nz/information-and-services/nz-economy/higher-living-standards/he-ara-waiora

iii. The date when the data was collected and the expected update frequency
Initially developed by the Tax Working Group 2019, further developed in 2021 and updated in 2023

iv. Any use or publication restrictions, including cultural restrictions
None

v. A contact person or organisation
www.treasury.govt.nz/contact-us

vi. Any quality/data health warnings
No

Ministry of Health (after Mason Durie) Te Whare Tapa Wha

Te Whare Tapa Whā - a model for understanding Maori health

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i. An adequate description of the dataset
The model describes health and wellbeing as a wharenui/meeting house with four walls. These walls represent taha wairua/spiritual wellbeing, taha hinengaro/mental and emotional wellbeing, taha tinana/physical wellbeing and taha whānau/family and social wellbeing. Our connection with the whenua/land forms the foundation. When all these things are in balance, we thrive. When one or more of these is out of balance our wellbeing is impacted.

ii. The source(s) of information
www.health.govt.nz/our-work/populations/maori-health/maori-health-models/maori-health-models-te-whare-tapa-wha

iii. The date when the data was collected and the expected update frequency
Developed by leading Māori health advocate Sir Mason Durie in 1984.

iv. Any use or publication restrictions, including cultural restrictions
None

v. A contact person or organisation
Ministry of Health: info@health.govt.nz

vi. Any quality/data health warnings
No

NZ Treasury: Pacific Wellbeing Perspectives

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i. An adequate description of the dataset
A paper prepared by the Treasury recognising the growing influence and impact of the Pacific diaspora and intergenerational population on the New Zealand economy and on New Zealand’s place in the wider Pacific region.

ii. The source(s) of information
www.treasury.govt.nz/sites/default/files/2018-08/dp18-09.pdf

iii. The date when the data was collected and the expected update frequency
August 2018

iv. Any use or publication restrictions, including cultural restrictions
None

v. A contact person or organisation
The Treasury: information@treasury.govt.nz

vi. Any quality/data health warnings
No