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TradeMe guilty of cultural misappropriation
As a descendant of Tūwharetoa, I have no idea if my whakapapa is being offered for sale on TradeMe, just like any other descendant of Tūwharetoa wouldn’t. I agree that the whakapapa is personal property, but not of one individual selling it, but to the whānau, hapū and Iwi that the whakapapa is about. New…
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Māori cultural considerations with Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
UPDATE: A complete set of Māori ethics Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti and Māori Ethics Guidelines for: AI, Algorithms, Data and IOT This is the first in a series of articles I am writing about Māori ethics with AI, Data sovereignty and Robotics. Article 2 Māori ethics associated with AI systems architecture. I spent this week…
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Digital Threats to Democracy that impact Māori
A Law Foundation-funded report Digital Threats to Democracy, one of the most in-depth reports published locally to date on the negative side effects accompanying the rise of digital media. The report also considers Māori and Indigenous democratic issues. Again, the first time this has occurred. I have extracted key Māori views from the report which…
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.nz New Zealand Domain Name Commissioner Submission
The regulatory organisation of the Internet Domain Name .nz domain name space asked for feedback on their consultation. My submission considers Māori and Iwi representation and the lack of consultation in past reviews of .nz and it appears they have also been overlooked in this consultation. My feedback is based on 22 years of Māori…
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te reo Maori Spam
Be aware of Spam being circulated using Te Reo Māori and another language. Below is a screen shot of the latest te reo Māori spam I received. While this is not very sophisticated, it very quickly and easily could be made to look legit and from someone you know. Unfortunately there are no services to…
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Māori hacker retaliates against white supremacists
This is an analysis of the hacker who calls them-self “Māori” who inserted a disk wiping code into the alleged Christchurch mosques alleged shooter’s manifesto. It is not the first time we have seen a vigilante Māori hacker(s) appear from the dark and then dissapear again. The first time a Māori hacker gained international attention…
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Submission to the Law Commission: DNA in Criminal Investigations
In 2019 the Law Commission called for public submissions regarding the Use of DNA in Criminal Investigations. This is my public submission and impacts on Māori culture and Tikanga Māori. Introduction What is a Taonga Why DNA is a Taonga C.1 Tikanga C.2 Traditional Knowledge Data Sovereignty of DNA samples Māori world view Recommendations References…
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Māori are still prominent victims of online bullying
Māori are still prominent victims of online bullying according to the latest research by Action Station discussing impacts and usefulness of the Harmful Digital Communications Act (HDCA) a powerful piece of legislation that was enacted to address the issue of online abuse. However it is not sufficient to address every issue of online hate, harassment…
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DNA is a Taonga: A Customary Māori Perspective
Introduction What is a Taonga Tikanga –Whakapapa – Mauri – Wairua Traditional Knowledge Loss of customary knowledge Data Sovereignty of DNA samples Digital Colonisation Tikanga Test Links of Interest References Download the paper in pdf Introduction This paper was originally written in direct response to the Law Commission’s public consultation (and forms a part of…
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Law Commission DNA consultation: Māori implications
Law Commission is seeking public submissions on DNA with criminal cases. Submissions close: 31 March 2019. DNA is a Taonga: A Customary Māori Perspective view The aims of the consultation are to ensure that the law (Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Act 1995) governing the use of DNA in criminal investigations is: Fit for purpose Constitutionally sound Accessible…
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NZ businesses continue to appropriate Māori culture
New Zealand businesses continue cultural appropriation of Māori culture in their marketing. I believe that cultural appropriation of Māori has become normalised over multiple generations by New Zealand businesses. We cannot directly blame the businesses, but we need to learn from these experiences and deploy better protection mechanisms and new partnerships to stop appropriation. Firstly,…
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Online Māori Scams – careful of the scuzzie
Online Māori are increasingly becoming targets of direct ethnic online scams that utilise our culture to try to take advantage of Māori. The latest scam involves someone on Facebook, Instagram, Phone message and other social media claiming to he one of the whanau, a cuzzie. The scams are sophisticated and take a bit of effort.…
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Data is a Taonga. A customary Māori perspective
Also see Māori Data is a Taonga Chapter Also of interest and diverse views, an interview in English with myself, Tau Henare and Ngapera Riley discussing Māori Data as a Taonga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57nFcXAycFg 2018 version (original) This paper has been written to fill a void of information about data being a taonga and why there are…
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Young Māori favor an online pornography filter
An analysis of Māori data from the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) report titled “Research findings of a survey on how and why Young New Zealanders view online pornography” published in December 2018. The complete report is available from https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5425697/NZYouthandPorn.pdf A young person is a person aged between 14 and 17. The report…
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Māori Experiences of Online Hate Speech
This article extracts Māori specific information from the NetSafe report titled “Personal Experiences of Online Hate Speech and offers personal analysis of their results and my personal experience with online hate. I have critiqued the definitions used int he survey. That critique is at the end of the article. Māori appear to be statistically better off…
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BP New Zealand cultural appropriation of Māori
BP New Zealand appears to have used Māori culture without consultation, offering Fair Trade coffee that will help you to become more fertile by placing the Polynesian recognised deity of fertility Tiki in the corner of it marketing material. Moreover, the Tiki used in the marketing appears to be a West coast of the North Island…
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5th Craft Beer brewer removes offensive Beer Label
Belgium Beer brewer Brussels Beer Project removed their offensive beer label within hours of the New Zealand media publishing concerns at the cultural appropriation. This is now the 5th craft brewer this year that has removed offensive beer labels after my complaints. This case differs from the others. In this instance the New Zealand media…
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Cyber Safety issues for Maori
Culture and Context in Online Safety Session at the Crossroads. Notes from the panel discussion I was involved with at the NetSafety conference Crossroads. The latest Internet Safety research from NetSafe shows that Māori are again over represented in negative statistics, this time for being victims of online abuse in its various forms. On the…
