Information & Knowledge
Digitization became a key focus for NARA during the 2020-21 period. This focus was driven Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa legal matters such as MACA, Creswell and WAI cases, and NARA assisted with by searching for and providing information from various sources in the Archive, this drive fed the need for information to be available instantaneously when required by our legal teams and staff. A Digitization Administrator position was created and then filled on a part time basis by one our Rangatahi who had previously been a White Island Tours guide. This
Cyber security has been at the forefront of our work for since the first lockdown. With the rise in hacking worldwide, the Ngāti Awa Group faced its own challenges and implemented solutions that would then become part of our everyday operational activity. The IT team was permanently expanded and is now a team of two. In line with our commitment to
having the right people in place and building capability inside our Iwi, our new IT staff member had previously completed small IT projects with us but joined us in a more permanent capacity in August 2020. Ngaire is in her last year studying IT and has proven herself to be an asset to IT. With this extra support it has allowed IT to better service delivery across the board and has led to the deployment of device management, company wide intranet, increased zoom facilities and various other productivity increasing solutions.
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retraining has been taken up with great enthusiasm and we are very happy to have Malia Godsmark on our team.
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100% Ngāti Awa Staff
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1 Education Grant applicant mentored and given a permanent position
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4 office sites under IT administration (WIT, TMT, Louvain, NA Farm)
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58 computers
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2 Servers
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3 Websites
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16 external software applications supported
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