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  • Māori Data Governance Report

    Māori Data Governance Report

    This report examines the current landscape of Māori data sovereignty and governance in New Zealand. The research, conducted over 12 months, underscores the critical importance of Māori data sovereignty in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) to prevent bias and uphold Māori rights. A key finding reveals a significant disparity between established Māori data governance frameworks and…

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  • NZ AI productivity report 3 and Māori

    NZ AI productivity report 3 and Māori

    The AI Forum released their third “BI-ANNUAL SNAPSHOT AI IN ACTION Exploring the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on New Zealand’s Productivity“. This is the second consecutive time Māori and the first time Pacific Peoples are included. The report recognises that 44% of New Zealanders believe the benefits of AI outweigh the risks, and concerns are…

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  • Protecting Māori from AI and algorithmic bias

    Protecting Māori from AI and algorithmic bias

    The digital future is being written right now. AI is already here. Māori are at a crossroads. Māori Data Sovereignty is now a must. In an increasingly digitised world, Artificial Intelligence systems and algorithms shape key aspects of daily life, from healthcare to law enforcement. However, these technologies are often developed without sufficient regard for…

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  • AI will not save our screen industry

    AI will not save our screen industry

    Below is a script I used for a debate about if AI will replace humans in the Aotearoa screen industry at  the Big Screen Symposium at Auckland University. It is a well-known fact that most of the world’s AI is dominated from big tech companies that are dominated by white middle class men, and based…

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  • Hapū and Marae Data Sovereignty Podcast

    Hapū and Marae Data Sovereignty Podcast

    Māori communities such as hapū, marae, taurahere, urban Māori and Māori organisation have always enacted sovereignty over their taonga, and in the digital age it has been no different. This podcast discusses the technical and grass roots level of Māori sovereignty that Māori refer to as “Tino Rangatiratanga” and “Mana Motuhake”. Terms enshrined in our…

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  • Image of Māori women used in racist adverts

    Image of Māori women used in racist adverts

    Aukaha News story of a Māori women Ellen Tamati was woken my her mokopuna today to hear that her image of her face and moko kauae has been used in racist billboards advertising anti Māori wards. A campaign by Hobson’s Pledge. The media clip of the woman is here https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19LKSEc1f8/ Hours later, there was a public…

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  • Auckland Transport’s costly AI governance mistake

    Auckland Transport’s costly AI governance mistake

    The basics of AI governance stakeholder interactions were ignored by Auckland Transport (AT) with the roll out of their Car Licence Plate Recognition system that automatically issues fines for all cars that are parked  in a designated disabled car park, ignoring disabled people’s legal car permits, according to a RNZ report. The Auckland City Council…

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