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  • Critical Analysis of Te Mana Raraunga Data Principles

    Critical Analysis of Te Mana Raraunga Data Principles

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    As a follow on from the findings of the State of the Nation Māori Data Governance 2025 Report, this is one of a series of articles analysing established Māori Data Governance Frameworks with a Te Ao Māori and Data Governance lens. This article presents a critical analysis of the Te Mana Raraunga The Māori Data

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  • Reo Māori with Artificial Intelligence

    Reo Māori with Artificial Intelligence

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    A quick snapshot of the usage of the Māori language in the New Zealand Artificial Intelligence communities, while also celebrating The Māori Language Week for 2025. Translations for Artificial Intelligence There are a number of Māori words that are used to say Artificial Intelligence in the Māori language. The reason there are so many is

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  • Māori Data Governance Report

    Māori Data Governance Report

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    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

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    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

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    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

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    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

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    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

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    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

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    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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  • New Zealand and Māori AI Sovereignty

    New Zealand and Māori AI Sovereignty

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    This article considers why building sovereign AI capability within New Zealand is not just a technological imperative, it is a strategic necessity. Countries like Australia, Germany, Denmark and the EU are already planning and implementing Sovereign AI, while New Zealand remains a customer and not an AI leader. Many overseas AI models are controlled by

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  • Māori AI Sovereignty Principles

    Māori AI Sovereignty Principles

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    Sovereign AI is about keeping control over our future. Tino rangatiratanga mō tātou, ā, mō ngā uri ā muri ake nei The ability to create and control our destiny for generations to come. These principles are a localised version of the international Indigenous AI Sovereign principles. Pou 1. Data sovereignty and Data Governance: Our data,

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  • Gen AI for Ethical use of Mātauranga

    Gen AI for Ethical use of Mātauranga

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    Below is a Gen AI for Ethical use of Mātauranga template statement that can be copied and pasted for use in any educational facility, workplace or other organisation. Please be respectful of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License associated with this and acknowledge accordingly. Māori data sovereignty and AI governance Data is the source

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  • AI generated video lessons of not what to do

    AI generated video lessons of not what to do

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    This YouTube video clip is a perfect example of why AI will not replace our talented people in the screen industry. It was reported in RNZ and in the Spin Off. The Chat GPT AI generated video is just over 10 minutes long and is supposed to be about about keeping your phone silent in

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  • AI explained using mātauranga Māori

    AI explained using mātauranga Māori

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    I have over the years shared some mātauranga Māori and compared it to AI, I am hoping to revive our pre traditional practices of using pepeha, moemoea, waiata, oriori and other oral preservation and learning resources to assist Māori to understand AI is a powerful tool. Despite Māori being at the crossroads of new digital

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  • NZ AI Strategy released – Te Ao Māori

    NZ AI Strategy released – Te Ao Māori

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    Yesterday the New Zealand Government released its AI Strategy and advise to small businesses. The Strategy aligns with OECD AI Principles and the Government says it will continue to work with international partners on global rules to support the responsible use and development of AI. The strategy is primarily focused on productivity and not human

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  • Customary Māori Values and Copyright Legislation for Facial Recognition Technology (FRT)

    Customary Māori Values and Copyright Legislation for Facial Recognition Technology (FRT)

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    For many years, I have written about the risks that Māori and other minority communities are confronted with from emerging digital technologies. In particular: deepfakes, cultural appropriation (such as the misuse of moko), voice cloning, and biased facial recognition systems. These technologies raise significant concerns, including identity theft, fake pornography, digital impersonation, and the broader

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  • Benefits to Māori of no Census

    Benefits to Māori of no Census

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    The recent announcement by the government that the Census will cease in 2028 has been met with various reactions. Māori statisticians and academics with memberships and affiliations to Te Mana Raraunga and Iwi Leaders Data Group in particular are warning of issues for Māori and Iwi. As a Māori technologist/governor with Data and AI, I

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  • Cyber activism removes Toitū te Tiriti Lawyer form social media

    Cyber activism removes Toitū te Tiriti Lawyer form social media

    Karaitiana Taiuru

    Toitū te Tiriti Lawyer, Tania Waikato who has become prominent online with sharing legal advise. She posts tutorials about how to write submissions against the racist Regulatory Standards Bill here in New Zealand and has been banned from Facebook. Her content was civil, polite and factual. It only served to enlighten people of the impacts

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