Long-term Insights Briefings (LTIBs) are future-focused reports that help government agencies think about the big issues that could shape Aotearoa New Zealand over the next 10 years and beyond.
Public service agencies are required to develop a Long-term Insights Briefing at least once every three years and are a statutory duty of departmental chief executives under the Public Service Act 2020.
These briefings are not government policy. They are independent, evidence-based insights prepared by public service agencies to support better long-term decision-making.
For our 2025 LTIB, we’re exploring the topic:
Shared Futures: Deepening our understanding of Māori-Pacific identity in Aotearoa.
As Aotearoa New Zealand’s population becomes increasingly diverse, it’s vital to understand and support individuals with multicultural heritage - especially those with Māori-Pacific whakapapa. These individuals often navigate complex identities that shape their social, cultural, and economic experiences. While Māori and Pacific cultures are both widely recognised and celebrated, there is limited insight into the unique challenges and opportunities faced by people who identify with both.
This growing group brings valuable perspectives and strengths, but they’re not always well understood or reflected in data, services, or policy. Our 2025 Long-term Insights Briefing explores how we can better recognise and support Māori-Pacific individuals, and what this means for community cohesion, inclusive services, and the future of New Zealand society.
We ran two rounds of consultation to help shape our 2025 Long-term Insights Briefing. The first round, held from 6 November to 6 December 2024, sought feedback on our proposed topic. We received strong support to continue researching the experiences of people with Māori-Pacific whakapapa.
Based on that feedback, we developed a draft briefing summary and invited further input through a second consultation, which closed on 9 July 2025.
While consultation is now closed, you can still read the briefing summary for consultation.
Briefing summary for consultation (PDF 403 KB)
Large print version (DOCX 59 KB)
We’re now reviewing all the feedback we received. This will help us finalise the briefing.
The final version will be presented to Parliament later this year and made available to the public on this page.
In our first Long-term Insights Briefing published in 2023, we discovered limitations in the way government collects ethnicity data. For example, many New Zealanders who identify as both Māori and a Pacific ethnicity or ethnicities are currently only counted as Māori in some datasets. This underlines a challenge in understanding the needs and opportunities for people with multiple ethnicities, particularly in an increasingly diverse New Zealand.
Read the 2023 Long-term Insights Briefing: Improving Pacific Data Equity
For any other questions about the Long-term Insights Briefing, please email: [email protected]