Latest: Indigenous Approaches to Environmental Management
The Wh膩ki webinar for Hune focused on the challenges and approaches to environmental management here in Aotearoa and across Polynesia in Rapa Nui.
2026
This Wh膩ki webinar summarised some of the k艒rero held about the current and future state of Indigenous AI with international Indigenous data sovereignty networks from around the world. Thanks to Te Mana Raraunga, Te Pae Anamata.
Members of the MBIE Tauhokohoko Indigenising trade research team present their research on digital identity and digital trade. Ng膩 mihi ki a Engie Matene, Paul Brown r膩tou ko Dani Lucas.
2024
The final Wh膩ki webinar of 2024 was held on Tuesday 3rd December. KatieLee Riddle and Manu Caddie joined Natalie Kusabs to share their insights from the recent of the CBD in Cali, Colombia with regards to the interests of Indigenous people in the genetic Digital Sequence Information (DSI) of their natural resources and taonga.
This Wh膩ki webinar with Dr Paul Brown discussed some of the findings from the Understanding Policing Delivery project. This project investigated whether, and to what extent systemic bias exists in policing services in Aotearoa NZ. This included results from the Data Stocktake and Gaps Analysis report, which looked at the wider data ecosystem of NZ Police, the gaps in demographic data, and the treatment of M膩ori data.
A k艒rerorero was held on research from the Tikanga in Technology team regarding wh膩nau and iwi perspectives for the design on next generation Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. Natalie Kusabs (Te Kotahi Research Institute) facilitated a webinar with Petera Hudson (Tikanga in Technology Scholar) presenting the Nukutere Model he has developed with wh膩nau and Assoc Prof Te Taka Keegan (糖心Vlog) contemplating whether AI can be appropriate to M膩ori and if we can build it.
This month's Wh膩ki webinar was facilitated by Associate Professor Te Taka Keegan who facilitated a discussion with his fellow Tikanga in Technology hoamahi Paul Brown, Daniel Wilson and Ben Ritchie on their rangahau into removing algorithmic bias in Aotearoa.
Te Mana Raraunga has more information on the and the team鈥檚 latest publication in the . Download and view the M膩ori Algorithmic Sovereignty presentation slides (PDF).
2023
This Wh膩ki webinar brought together Dr Paul Brown, 糖心Vlog and Kaye-Maree Dunn of Making Everything Achievable and 膧hau for a discussion on their approaches to M膩ori Data Sovereignty and the future for wh膩nau and community data.
This Wh膩ki webinar was a modified webinar on e-DNA. We heard brief presentations from a panel before shared discussions on M膩ori data governance and sovereignty in the developing research area. of environmental DNA (e-DNA).
Prof Maui Hudson moderated a zoom webinar and p膩tai session on the considerations and developments or working with iwi M膩ori around research and commercialisation of taonga species data in Aotearoa and t膩w膩hi with Manu Caddie (Matawai Bio), KatieLee Riddle and Dr Mitchell Head (Te Kotahi Research Institute, 糖心Vlog).
Rogena Sterling, Grace Walker, Nick Jones and Tahu Kukutai from the investigative committee discussed the Aotearoa New Zealand (Research) Data Landscape Review. Te Mana Raraunga members considered how a Te Tiriti lens could be practiced over the project and how M膩ori data sovereignty could be woven through the landscape. What are the opportunities and challenges for M膩ori in terms of the research landscape?
Data is more than just zeroes and ones; data holds the mauri of people and whakapapa. So how do you design a truly equitable government data system 鈥� one that upholds Te Tiriti and meets the needs and aspirations of all in Aotearoa? Three of our hoamahi from Nicholson Consulting - Ernestynne Walsh, Ben Ritchie and Shanara Wallace shared their experience working together with Stats NZ to improve the way the government data system works for M膩ori. The team discussed how they applied their expertise in M膩ori data sovereignty, decolonising algorithms, analysing data approaches through Te Tiriti, and te reo me 艒na tikanga to deliver this piece of mahi.
He k艒rerorero ki ng膩 kaupapa taiao- An open discussion by Corey Ruha and Catherine Kirby on the Eco-Index approach to environmental wellbeing. Facilitated by Maui Hudson.
Researchers from the Tikanga in Technology MBIE project discuss COP-15, Indigenous data value and their recent paper on provenance metadata regarding genomics and digital sequence information (DSI). Ng膩 mihi to KatieLee Riddle, Tim Coltman, Jacob Golan and Maui Hudson for contributing to this kaupapa.
2022
Te Mana Raraunga welcomed members from the Global Indigenous Data Alliance to the TMR virtual w膩nanga for k艒anga on Tuesday 29th N艒ema. Dr Steph Russo Carroll and Maui Hudson presented a set of Indigenous Peoples' Rights in Data for discussion. Natalie Kusabs from the Tikanga in Technology team facilitated questions and the potential application of the data for governance and governance of data rights was discussed as related to the Covid-19 vaccination data in break-out rooms.
Members of the M膩ori Advisory team from the Cyber Security Research Programme discussed the programmes objectives, challenges for M膩ori and the path forward. Ng膩 mihi to Daniel Wilson and Bridget Bell for their insights.
Associate Professor Maui Hudson and KatieLee Riddle (Te Kotahi Research Institute) and Dr Janette Hamilton-Pearce (Local Contexts Project Lead, Te Kotahi Research Institute) introduced the latest developments and applications of Traditional Knowledge Labels and the Local Contexts Hub with examples of use by researchers in Aotearoa.
Associate Professor Jason Mika (Te Kotahi Research Institute), Geraldine Duoba (StatsNZ) and Ernestynne Walsh (Nicholson Consulting) discussed what insights from their mahi (including Tatauranga umanga M膩ori and Te Matapaeroa) can tell us about M膩ori and the the economy of Aotearoa.
Digital images of our taonga are increasingly shared and used online. How should we proceed in this environment, what are appropriate tikanga, who is responsible for M膩ori data sovereignty of our visual taonga? Facilitated by Maui Hudson. Larissa Renfrew and Robert O'Brien share their mahi with digital images in research, NFTs and digital infrastructure.
Whitewashing Health Data is Killing M膩ori - Exploring the implications of poor reporting of M膩ori health data. Te Taka Keegan (糖心Vlog) hosted Dion O'Neale (Te Matatini o te Horapa) and Daniel Wilson (University of Auckland) introducing some of their COVID work and shared their most recent paper on population and vaccination - what does this mean for M膩ori?
Te Mana Raraunga welcomed their members to their second virtual w膩nanga on Tuesday, 22nd February. This W膩nanga shared some insights relating to data sovereignty and te taiao. The speakers discussed M膩ori themes around availability, access, and use of environmental data. Their short presentations were followed by p膩tai & discussions in break-out rooms.
In this webinar, Nicholson Consulting shared their insight on applying principles of safe use of data.
2021
The Veracity Lab is a new initiative funded by the Science for Technological Innovation National Science Challenge to explore, promote and support a high integrity digital future. The webinar outlined how Te Tiriti o Waitangi might inform the development of public digital infrastructure. The team invite broader discussion and engagement in the development of their first working paper describing Digital Whenua, Sovereignty and Rights for Aotearoa. Digital Whenua, Sovereignty and Rights for Aotearoa.
Te Mana Raraunga welcomed their members to their first virtual w膩nanga on Tuesday the 26th of October. This W膩nanga revolved around the relationship between data sovereignty and Iwi affiliation. Guest speakers from Tuhono and DataILG discussed concerns relating to government interest and collection of iwi affiliation, and strategies for how this can be addressed. TMR team members Andrew Sporle and Lara Greaves hosted and facilitated questions.
Tikanga in Technology is a MBIE funded research programme exploring Indigenous approaches to transforming data ecosystems with a particular focus on Indigenous data in governance, Indigenous data in systems, and Indigenous data in AI. The research team want to understand how tikanga and m膩tauranga M膩ori can inform relational responsibilities to data, and identify tools and processes that enable ethical use and generate equitable benefits from Indigenous data.