Online commentary and resources about tikanga Māori in the new digital world. Explanations of how to apply traditional tikanga to tech and applying new tikanga to still be relevant in the digital world.
A number of meme’s were produced from the recent Te Matatini Kapa Haka causing offence to the individuals whose images were manipulated. Recently, an incident occurred where memes featuring manipulated images from Te Matatini Kapa Haka performances were circulated online, causing distress to the individuals depicted. The situation began when an American social media platform known … Read more
This is a positive step forward for Māori society and for tax payers. The money is being administered by a government entity that has a proven track record in administering large amounts of funds, is publicly accountable and who are being transparent with the way they plan to structure the organisation. The Māori ICT … Read more
With so much emphasis on te reo Māori being normalised; it looks as though spammers are now using Google Translate to translate spam into te reo Māori according to Robyn Gallagher http://www.robyngallagher.com/2014/01/11/te-reo-Māori-419-spam/ . Is this a new avenue of normalisation albeit an annoying but normal part of our online lives? I suspect so! and that … Read more
Introduction Only this year have I seen an increase in Māori politicians joining and using Social Media and the web. Recently one Māori politician told me that the web and social media were a waste of time, as the old people have the votes and want to see him at birthdays, tangi and various other … Read more
My controversial thoughts about cyber tangi are below so as to raise debate/ideas and to make people think about cyber tangi, or to at least respect the rights of any whanau who want a cyber tangi. When my children’s mum from Taranaki suddenly and unexpectedly passed away almost three years ago at the age … Read more
I read this in an email signature this morning. It struck me of the technological age we live in now and what our future generations technology will be like in 100 years time. It also raises the important issue of that Māori are now facing over spectrum rights and what the future issues and opportunities of … Read more
Māori will soon have a bilingual Internet system and guaranteed protection of Iwi and God Names with the introduction of the new web address .kiwi being introduced possibly next year. .kiwi http://www.dot-kiwi.com/ will be an alternative to the current options of domain names such as .nz or .org . .kiwi will be introduced along with a … Read more
Using word frequency lists including: a Māori predictive text list, lists of common Māori words in New Zealand English and common Māori words used in Māori. I discuss and analyse which words would be most beneficial in a Māori predictive text database for Māori and introduce the need to update New Zealand English databases used … Read more
I gladly accepted an invitation to participate as a practitioner for the on-line dialogue on Using Citizen Media Tools to Promote Under-Represented Languages from November 16 to 22, 2011 from New Tactics http://www.newtactics.org . I am writing this post in the hope to raise more publicity of this key initiative which will allow anyone with a … Read more
The Domain Name Commissioner released her monthly statistics on .nz domain names for August 2011, the details and summaries are below including my commentary. Again, there is currently no public statistical information about International Domain Names-IDN (domains with macrons). .maori.nz 636 registered .maori.nz names with 9 renewals and 2 expired domain names. As with last month, it … Read more
It is hard to believe that a decade ago I nervously released Te Ngutu Kura Māori Spell Checker for Windows: then just last week I released version 3 with over 58,000 words for a wide range of applications and systems. It was about 12 years ago I created Moana Kupu Māori spell checker, which is … Read more
Macrons can be simply created with Māori keyboards available for all computer and smart phone systems. No longer does the need to press multiple keys to create a macron exist, despite the many articles which suggest otherwise. As an advocate and developer of macron technologies for more than 12 years: I am shocked that so many articles … Read more
Twitter is buzzing with Māori words and tweets about Māori Language Week/Te Wiki o te reo Māori. Below are my initial observations, after reading several hundred tweets this morning. Other ad hoc commentary this week will be via my Twitter account @ktaiuru The hashtags for those that are using them, appear to be as follows: … Read more
Google Māori is still in dire need of translations to complete its user interface in Māori language. The statistics below show that many parts of Google are still 100% English. Contrary to popular belief, anyone with a Gmail account, can begin translating Google into Māori. You do not have to commit to plethora of translations, … Read more
There are many misunderstandings about .maori.nz and its availability. This brief post should educate and dis spell any misunderstandings.
Creating umlauts for macrons is no longer acceptable and is an outdated practice. Free and supported macron software is available on the web and should be installed.
Out of date membership details can cost organisations hundreds of thousands of dollars per annum. Despite the fact society has dramatically changed the way it communicates, database structures appear relatively un modified.
The National Library is archiving New Zealand web sites without your permission and with little or no consultation with Maori? The project is called New Zealand Web Harvest 2010. It is now seeking comments on past issues that have been raised by mainly the technical community. I see no Maori concerns or consideration. Web Harvest … Read more