Building sustainable health data capability in Aotearoa New Zealand: opportunities and challenges highlighted through COVID-19

Aotearoa New Zealand should take the opportunity created by national health reforms to learn from experience with COVID-19, creating a world-class health system that utilises data and modelling effectively. For this to happen, we must build upon a foundation of equity, ethics, trust and transparency and ensure we have the right tools and processes in place for our researchers and practitioners to translate insights into better outcomes for all.