'There is food at the end of my hands.' When we apply our skills and marshall our resources, a new future that we design to sustain us is possible.

'The people shape the house, the house shapes the people.' Constructing an appropriate entity for the collective to house the work to be done is an opportunity to deliver real progress.

'Let us keep close together, not wide apart.' Collaboration is fundamental to creating a common digital infrastructure that will serve the future of our children and theirs.

'Walking backwards into the future.' In 2019, a dedicated team began utilising an open-source, peer-to-peer protocol—software tailored explicitly for use by Māori with a focus on data sovereignty.