Dr Karaitiana Taiuru regularly composes blog posts on topics relating to Māori and Artificial Intelligence, Data Sovereignty, Safety, Cultural Appropriation and other related topics. Please subscribe to the RSS feed http://www.taiuru.co.nz/rss to keep up to date.
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ReMāorification origins of Māori Data, Sovereignty and Governance
This is brief opinion piece uses traditional knowledge to show Māori Data, Māori Data Sovereignty and Māori Data Governance has existed since pre colonisation. The origins are found in mātauranga Māori (traditional knowledge) and in the natural and physical landscapes…
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Māori experiences with online harmful or inappropriate content
The Classifications Office released a report called “What we’re watching New Zealanders’ views about what we see on screen and online”. This is an analysis of the Māori findings with a conclusion identifying some possible solutions.
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Tikanga Associated with Biological Samples
An analysis of traditional Tikanga Māori associated with research, storage and analysis of Māori biological samples including DNA.
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Indigenising DNA
Indigenising what DNA is using Mātauranga Māori and cosmology whakapapa.
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What is a Taonga Species
Comprehensive definition of what a Taonga Species is using mātauranga Māori and cosmology
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Tikanga Tawhito Tikanga Hou
As opposed to conforming to Eurocentric values and academic comfort levels, this guideline is the first published bioethics guideline encapsulating traditional and modern mātauranga Māori, to explore ethical research & storage of Māori genetic samples. This is the complete guideline…
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Tikanga Tawhito Tikanga Hou – Literature Reviews
Literature reviews of current Māori ethics and frameworks associated with research, storage and analysis of Māori DNA and biological samples
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Consumer Guidelines for Māori Non Fungible Tokens
As with any new technology there are positives and often more negatives for Māori and other Indigenous Peoples protecting their traditional knowledge from abuse, appropriation and theft. In the short time that Non Fungible Tokens have been created, traded and…
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Māori Data Sovereignty and Domain Names
Can non-Māori can use the New Zealand Domain Name maori.nz? As the primary author of the application that lobbied InternetNZ to create maori.nz domain name in 2000, I say yes. Further information about Māori Data Sovereignty is in Compendium of…
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Māori Data Sovereignty Principles
Māori data sovereignty is the inherent right of Māori, whānau, hapū, iwi, marae and rōpū Māori to exercise control over Māori data and Māori data ecosystems. It is grounded in Te Tiriti o Waitangi and He Whakaputanga, and given legal…
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Tikanga: Cell phone on the table you eat from
Tikanga evolves is a common term. Often this means people who were not brought up with mātauranga creating new tikanga while traditional values are forgotten or not transitioned into evolving society. This article discusses several common tikanga about the tapu…
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Māori Covid immunisation Data to be shared and the Sovereignty issues
The High Court decision that the Ministry of Health must hand over Māori Data to Whānau Ora is a significant and swift stride towards Māori Data Sovereignty that has left Māori and the government exposed. Ideally, the government and academia…
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Marae Data Sovereignty Data Sets
This article introduces new datasets of Marae names that will form the basis of Marae data sovereignty for database administrators that recognise Marae rights and valuable information to navigate the whole Māori Data Sovereignty landscape. The data sets are available…
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Māori Data Sovereignty Principles – Updated
Update: All Māori Data Sovereignty posts have been combined and updated into a Compendium of Māori Data Sovereignty – https://www.taiuru.co.nz/compendium-of-maori-data-sovereignty/ These widely recognised principles are from Te Mana Rauranga and have been slightly modified to recognise tikanga Māori and all of…
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Māori Data Sovereignty Commitment Statements
Update: All Māori Data Sovereignty posts have been combined and updated into a Compendium of Māori Data Sovereignty – https://www.taiuru.co.nz/compendium-of-maori-data-sovereignty/ To assist organisations to make public statements that both recognise and enact the instruments that protect Māori interests with Māori Data,…
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Why I support a dual name for New Zealand
Aotearoa, while not an original name for New Zealand, has been popularised and is commonly used as the Māori name for the North, South and Stewart Islands. For this reason, I support the dual name being proposed by the Māori…
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Tikanga with face swapping filters and deep fakes
Using traditional Māori knowledge, I discuss cultural appropriateness of deep fakes and face swapping filters. Some of this discussion is also applicable to Facial Recognition systems. Apart form Māori, this article may be of interest to developers and organizations with…
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Online safety research ignores Māori
The latest research report Global Kids Online: Digital Parenting Strategies and Behaviours of New Zealand Parents, published by NetSafe interviewed parents of children aged 9-17 about the prevalence of different practices to influence or mediate children’s internet use. Yey! Māori…
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Kaitiakitanga Māori Data Sovereignty Licences
This article introduces six new licence to protect Māori Data and recognise Māori Data Sovereignty rights today and for the next 1000 years. Māori Data Sovereignty principles are also updated to reflect Māori society and the Social Licence is reviewed…
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Hapū Data Sovereignty Dataset
A new dataset of Iwi and hapū names that will form the basis of hapū data sovereignty for database administrators allowing hapū to regain sovereignty over their own data in this new society where data is the new currency. …
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Culturally Safe Mihimihi for non Māori
At the beginning of meetings, as practiced on marae and in meetings all over the country, a round of introductions and speeches usually occurs. During this time, Māori ordinarily stand to share a little bit about where they come from…
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Indigenising through Te Taha Wairua: AI, Algorithms, Data, Internet and IOT
This article indigenises the Internet and the global digital eco-system which is often called the Web or digital network, and has been specifically written to assist with understanding Data sovereignty, Internet, systems, robotics, algorithms and Artificial Intelligence (AI) from a…
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Māori Data Sovereignty Consultation Obligations
Update: All Māori Data Sovereignty posts have been combined and updated into a Compendium of Māori Data Sovereignty – https://www.taiuru.co.nz/compendium-of-maori-data-sovereignty/ This article is the most recent in a number of Māori Data Sovereignty and AI posts. My previous post is called…
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Māori perspective to the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Amendment Bill
Research and statistics show that Māori are more likely to see harmful material online and to be victims of online bullying. Often Māori are the primary person in harmful materials online. Statistics released by the Ministry of Justice show that…