with Dr Karaitiana Taiuru
The posts in this category discuss cultural appropriation of traditional and customary Māori knowledge. This section also offers solutions to stop and prevent further appropriation.
This category is also a useful resource to prevent and educate businesses from mistakenly appropriating Māori cultural knowledge.
I have just heard Ernie Newman CEO of TUANZ speak at a Māori ICT conference (of which ironically we had no wireless Internet connection and cell phones were banned). Ernie expressed his vision for Māori and how Māori are creative and should participate more in ICT. Ernie was asked what TUANZ had done for Māori … Read more
As a result of networking and making new friends from the Thailand conference, i have had to learn about Asia emoticons. Here is a list of what i have learnt so far. I am interested in any new additions and corrections ^_^ . I am now curious as to what the graphical representation looks like … Read more
I would label this humor if the results were not published in an industry publication. SOPOHS a well known Anti Virus vendor published a scathing report about the Pacific Islands, namely Pitcairn Islands being the worst offending country in the world to relay spam. If we briefly analyse Pitcairn Islands. There are 50 inhabitants from … Read more
The ICANN board has agreed to charge a full fee for newly registered com, .net, .org, .info, .name, .pro, and .biz domains, ending the 5 day grace period that domain tasters utilised. I see this will dramatically decrease domain tasting but not cease the practice all together. We will just see smarter domain registration tools … Read more
With some amusement i read the NZ herald article that claimed one of the so called Maori terrorists (whom may i add is not charged under the Terrorism Act) was known as “Bl@ckmask”, and he/she hacked the National Party web site. First of all, i wonder how an audio device can ascertain between an “a” … Read more
As i write, I am aware of name suppression and not identifying the arrested. When the so called Māori terrorists were arrested, a popular Māori web site was shut down by the NZ Police. The site had hundreds of members and regular visitors whom visited to catch up with family, seek IT advice or even … Read more