AI raising stakesMeanwhile, AI ambition is moving faster than data readiness in many organisations, said Datacom director of AI Lou Compagnone. “Businesses are pushing ahead with new tools, but legacy systems, fragmented platforms and unclear governance are making it harder to adopt them safely and at scale,” she said. The research also found limited consideration of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Māori data governance principles in data storage decisions. Larger organisations were more likely to take Māori data governance into account, with 39 per cent of organisations employing 20 or more people doing so always or often, compared with 18 per cent of smaller organisations. The survey did find strong support for keeping sensitive information under New Zealand jurisdiction, including financial data (63 per cent), customer data (61 per cent), employee data (58 per cent), health data (57 per cent), and intellectual property (56 per cent).