Invited talks

Since 2009 I have delivered more than 150 keynotes, lectures, workshops and panel discussions across Aotearoa and internationally, from ICANN in Durban and a UNESCO symposium in Bilbao to UN Global Pulse in Jakarta and the IAPP privacy summits in Sydney and Melbourne.

The kaupapa has evolved alongside the technology itself: early kōrero on Indigenous domain names, digital colonialism and Indigenous knowledge licensing has grown into sustained work on Māori data sovereignty, genomic and biological data, taonga species, intellectual property and, increasingly, artificial intelligence.

Throughout, the constant has been Te Tiriti o Waitangi and tikanga Māori as the foundation for how technology, data and governance should serve Māori. Audiences have included universities and wānanga, government agencies and Crown entities, iwi and Māori organisations, research institutes, professional bodies and industry. The list below is arranged by year, most recent first.

2026

 

2025

  • Māori Data Sovereignty in AI projects and the broader tech landscape. AIoT Global Summit
  • Sampling ethics and geo-data sovereignty in Aotearoa. Kaupapa Māori Research and Ethics Otago Polytechnic International Campus
  • Māori culture with Human Factors and Artificial Intelligence. University of Canterbury
  • AI in Health Panel Discussion – Digital Health AI Summit 2025
  • Benefits, Risks and Myths of AI for Early Career Researchers – Otago University
  • WAI 262 and Māori Data Sovereignty – Cawthron Institute
  • Reviewing and implementing Māori data sovereignty principles and governance for AI, algorithms and data – 7th annual NZ Gov Data Summit
  • Ask me Anything – AI – AMA webinar Māori Business Network
  • Labour Party AI Summit at Parliament
  • Fireside Chat – Navigating AI: Ethics, Culture and Sovereignty – IT Professionals NZ
  • Digital Sovereignty in a Time of Rising Fascism – Dark Times Academy
  • AI for Good Book launch Panel – PSA
  • Your Face Is Ours Panel – Fraud Film Festival
  • Māori Data Sovereignty and AI Considerations of Legal instruments: AI Ethics, Inclusivity, and Māori Perspectives – University of Auckland MBA programme
  • AI in Action report: a Te Ao Māori Perspective – AI Forum NZ
  • Māori AI & Data Sovereignty: Embedding Values into Technology – 9th annual DigiGov Leaders Summit
  • Artificial Intelligence considerations for authors – New Zealand Society of Authors
  • AI and Māori cultural considerations – Otago University Early Career Researchers
  • Implementing Māori Data Sovereignty into existing AI and Data governance strategies (Workshop) – 7th annual NZ Gov Data Summit
  • Adult and Community Education Aotearoa (ACE) 2025
  • Ramifications of ignoring Māori data governance – RIMPA Global & ARANZ Wellington Roadshow
  • Kōrero for Change Webinar on Digital & Information Systems – Access Matters Aotearoa

2024

  • A ‘Ruthless’ Critique Of AI. Victoria University of Wellington
  • Critical Conversations About AI: Indigeneity, Language, Knowledge and Power. Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi.
  • Moana Talks – Pacific Data Sovereignty. Online
  • Indigenous Privacy Perspectives from Aotearoa/New Zealand. International Association of Privacy Professionals Summit 2024. Melbourne Australia.
  • Māori Data Sovereignty and AI. IBM Tech for Impact Seminar. Online
  • How do we embed Kaupapa Māori and Te Tiriti ethics at the outset? NZCER. Wellington
  • Māori and Te Tiriti considerations with Artificial intelligence (AI). Innovation in Education | Mātau Aronga Whanokē. Te Rito Maioha Staff Hui. Wellington.
  • What is Ethics in the 21st Century. StatsNZ Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI). Wellington
  • Large Language Models and Transnational Research: Introducing the AI as Infrastructure (AIINFRA) Project. Fantastic Futures 2024 Conference. Canberra.
  • He tirohanga Māori ki te matatapu Indigenous Privacy Perspectives from Aotearoa. IAPP ANZ Privacy Summit. Melbourne Australia.
  • Māori and Te Tiriti ethical considerations with Artificial intelligence (AI). Rauhuia: Terenga Huihuinga. Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand. Rauhuia: Terenga Huihuinga | Symposia. Wellington
  • Pacific Data Sovereignty AI Workshop. Moana Connect. University of Auckland
  • Putting AI best practice into a New Zealand context With Te Tiriti and Te Ao Māori Considerations. Institute of Directors. Auckland
  • AI Considerations with a Te Ao Māori Lens. Tertiary ICT Conference 2024. Christchurch
  • Artificial Intelligence – Emerging Technologies. A Māori perspective of AI Regulation. NZLS CLE Public Sector Governance Intensive Public Sector Governance Change and Stability. Wellington
  • Copyright and IP considerations in the age of Artificial Intelligence – A Te Ao Māori perspective. Publishers Association New Zealand. Auckland
  • Māori Data Sovereignty of Taonga Species. Te Arawa Fisheries. Rotorua.
  • Digital Identity and Māori. Panel Discussion. Digital Trust Hui Taumata 2024. Wellington
  • Empowering Whānau in IP, Data, and Technology. Te Puna Umanga Venture Taranaki. New Plymouth
  • Data Sovereignty of Taonga Species. Climate Adapted Finfish – science update for researchers. Cawthron Institute. Nelson
  • Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Māori. 30+ years of the Mataatua Declaration. Whakatāne
  • Te Ao Māori Perspectives of Artificial Intelligence. Te Puni Kōkiri. Wellington
  • The relevance of Māori Data Sovereignty in relation to AWS. AWS Community Day. Wellington
  • AI (Artificial Intelligence) Conference. Te Whare Wānanga o Raukawa
  • Navigating the power, potential and perils of technology with research. A focus on Māori Sovereignty and Decolonisation. eResearch New Zealand 2024
  • Artificial Intelligence(AI) Opportunities – and potential risks. A Te Ao Māori Perspective. NZLS CLE Ltd — Continuing Legal Education. Wellington
  • Machine bias / AI and emerging technologies / and how do we safely prepare for the future. Māori Data Apprenticeship. Manawatū
  • What we need to know about Māori data sovereignty and governance as data professionals?; Practical applications of Māori data sovereignty Driving outcomes for Māori through data. 6th Annual NZ Government Data Summit 2024. Wellington
  • Significance of Snapper and other Finned Fish to Māori. Cawthron Institute. Nelson
  • Copyright and IP considerations in the age of Artificial Intelligence – A Te Ao Māori perspective. NZ Publishing Association. Auckland
  • Mātauranga Māori Seminar Series: Te Rangatiratanga Raraunga Māori/ Māori Data Sovereignty. Victoria University. Wellington
  • Te Ao Māori Considerations Robotics and Society. COMPSYS 730. Faculty of Engineering Auckland University.
  • Putting AI best practice into a New Zealand context; With Te Tiriti and Te Ao Māori Considerations. Institute of Directors (IOD). Auckland
  • Māori Data Sovereignty and Taonga Species. Cawthron Institute and Te Arawa Fisheries. Rotorua
  • How Indigenous Peoples, specifically Māori should be considered in this context (e.g., technologies, process, systems, products, and more). PSYC451. University of Canterbury. Christchurch
  • Te Ao Māori Considerations with Artificial Intelligence. He Toronga Pakihi ki Taranaki: Māori Business Network. New Plymouth

2023

  • Māori Data Sovereignty (Digital and Biological). Internship Programme 2023 Mātai – Mātauranga Māori Mātai Medical Research Institute
  • Embracing the Future: Building AI in Aotearoa with Māori Perspectives. Tech Alliance, NZTech.
  • AI Colonisation and Mātauranga Sovereignty. Techtopia: Navigating the power, potential and perils of technology in science communication. Science Communicators Association of New Zealand
  • Māori Data Sovereignty and Introduction. Healthy Hearts Aotearoa New Zealand Ako Series.
  • Fundamentals of Actioning & Exercising Māori data sovereignty principles in Genetics based research. Healthy Hearts Aotearoa New Zealand Ako Series.
  • Bio Diversity Māori Data Sovereignty Considerations. Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
  • Empowering Māori and Indigenous education through Artificial Intelligence. ASCILITE 2023
  • Mātauranga Māori with Assisted Research Technology and the HART Act. Ministry of Health
  • Te Ao Māori impacts and opportunities of Gen AI in environmental research. Manaaki Whenua
  • Māori cultural perspectives and Te Tiriti obligations when dealing with Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer samples in the lab. The New Zealand Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer Trust NZFBOC
  • Assessing ethical and social implications over AI inventorship via a Te Tiriti lens. Canterbury Tech Summit 2023
  • Korero tahi– embracing and honouring te ao Māori in communications. Communicating Sustainability Masterclass. Sustainable Business Network, AUT
  • Considering and Applying Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Mātauranga with Digital Technologies. TENZ
  • A Māori perspective on generative AI. AMWA Tech Writers
  • Images of the Future: Daily Life in a World Governed by AI DIPLOSPHERE
  • Data Sovereignty and what it means for the health-tech sector Queenstown Research Week
  • An introduction and implementation using Te Tiriti principles. Data Journalism.
  • Māori Data Sovereignty: An introduction and implementation using Te Tiriti principles. Healthy Hearts Aotearoa New Zealand University of Auckland.
  • Māori Concerns Managing Data and AI Image Sovereignty. Data Digital and Security Summit. StatsNZ Centre for Data Ethics & Innovation
  • Artificial Intelligence from a Māori perspective; Impacts of Artificial Intelligence and Algorithmic Bias. ANZREG: Australia & New Zealand Regional Ex Libris Group. Australia
  • Data Innovation for Equitable Digital Futures Seminar. Panel Discussion. UN Global Pulse, Jakarta.
  • Assessment in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. AI Panel discussion with Professor Michael Witbrock, University of Auckland. NZQA
  • MSD Masterclass with MSD. Te Ao Māori Perspectives of MSD AI and Algorithms. AI Forum
  • Resisting AI in NZ – TohaToha
  • Global Responsible AI – Māori Ethical Considerations with AI
  • AI and Indigenous Data Sovereignty – Māori Data Sovereignty. Charles Sturt University, Australia
  • Generative AI and Māori language revitalisation or Colonisation. Program ChatLM23 Large Language Models (LLMs) & Generative AI technologies Risks, opportunities, ethics and social impacts of generative AI. The University of Sydney.
  • What is digital identity and what does this mean for Māori? Digital Identity New Zealand.
  • Māori Data Sovereignty an introduction. Pegasus Health
  • Tikanga and data sovereignty. New Zealand Data & Analytics Summit. BrightStar
  • AI Colonisation and Mātauranga Sovereignty. Gibbons Lecture Series 2023. Auckland University
  • Te Ao Māori Critical Perspective on ChatGPT. It’s not just about cheating: critical perspectives on ChatGPT. Massey University
  • Māori Data Sovereignty: An introduction. Climate Change Commission

2022

  • Ethical Considerations with AI – An holistic view and Invited Panellist. 2022 Artificial Intelligence Researchers Association conference.
  • Considering Indigenous Privacy Perspectives – Introducing Māori Data Sovereignty. International Association of Privacy Professionals ANZ Summit. Sydney.
  • Mātauranga Māori with Assisted Research Technology and the HART Act. Donor Identity Aotearoa New Zealand Conference.
  • Reflecting the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in communication and engagement. Communicating for New Zealand
  • Indigenous-led projects: kōrerorero from New Zealand. Invited Panel Member. Biodiversity Genomics 2022
  • Giving effect to Te Tiriti in NZ legislation and policy settings/responding to digital colonisation. SHORE & Whariki Research Centre, Massey University
  • Te Ao Māori and Te Tiriti Applied to an AI Sentient. Computing and Information Technology Research and Education New Zealand (CITRENZ). ARA Christchurch
  • Māori Genetic Data – Inalienable Rights and Tikanga Sovereignty Iwi Taketake – Inaugural Indigenous Doctoral Research Symposium. Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
  • Building the AI community within NZ – Panel Discussion Aotearoa AI Summit (2022). The Artificial Intelligence Forum of New Zealand (AI Forum)
  • Non Fungible Tokens from a Te Ao Māori Perspective – TeLENZ 2022 Conference AUT
  • Māori Data Sovereignty and Māori Data Ethics via a Te Tiriti lens – IT micro-credentials. Otago Polytechnic Ltd
  • Mātauranga Māori with Assisted Research Technology and the HART Act – The New Zealand Institute of Medical Laboratory Science (INC) ASM. Te Papa
  • Te Ao Māori Considerations with Robotics and Society – COMPSYS 730 The University of Auckland
  • Māori Data Sovereignty – What does greater Māori control of Māori Data look like and why does it matter. Panel discussion – Maurea
  • Weaving te ao Māori into data protection and cyber security practices. 2022 NZ Cyber Security Summit. Connecting Policy, People
  • Māori needs, values and beliefs as a principle of the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004. Ministry of Health
  • Māori Data Sovereignty and how it applies to Financial Data Using Te Tiriti and United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Financial Market Authority
  • An Introduction to Māori Data Sovereignty: An introduction and implementation using Te Tiriti principles. Auckland University ENGGEN 101G Software, Data and Intelligent Automation
  • An Introduction to Māori Data Sovereignty of Biological and Digital Data. The New Zealand Association of Clinical Research (NZACRes)
  • Applying Tikanga Māori and Te Tiriti principles in the lab to recognise and practice Māori Data Sovereignty of biological samples. Palmerston North Biomatics Group
  • Māori Data Sovereignty: An introduction and implementation using Te Tiriti principles. MapNet Conference 2022. Online.

2021

  • “Intersectionalities of Automated Decision Making and Race/Ethnicity”. ARC CoE for Automated Decision-Making & Society, The University of Queensland
  • An Introduction to Māori Data Sovereignty and Mātauranga AgResearch Systems Biology Online.
  • Māori Data Sovereignty: An introduction and implementation in the research sector AgResearch Lincoln
  • Respecting Mātauranga Māori in Science: Māori Intellectual Property Rights & Data Sovereignty Considerations with Taonga Species. New Zealand Association of Scientists
  • Te Ao Māori and Robotics. COMPSYS 722: Robots in Society Lecture Auckland University
  • Māori Data Sovereignty. New Zealand Research Software Engineering Conference 2021 online
  • Heart Health Equity Hui. Manawataki Fatu Fatu, University of Auckland, New Zealand ISBN 978-0-473-58843-4
  • Māori Data Sovereignty. SCIS 213 Principles of Science and Science Communication. Victoria University
  • A Te Ao Māori Lens on Data Sovereignty. Enspiral Dev Academy, Wellington
  • Intellectual Property, International Law Genomics & Bioprospecting; Genetic Resources. Wai 262 symposium ki Waipapa Marae Auckland University
  • Publishing with sensitive Data: Multi disciplinary introduction for academic researchers and publishers. Otago University Emerging Researchers. June 2021
  • Māori data sovereignty, AI, algorithms Science and Humanities SCIS 414 Lecture at Te Pūtahi Pūtaiao ki te Papori Centre for Science in Society Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
  • Te Rūnaka o Koukourarata: Genetics/DNA Position/Discussion Paper. January 2021. SING 2021 ki Ōtautahi ki Rehua Marae.
  • Ko Wai a Ngāi Tahu – How is Ngāi Tahu. February 2021. Christchurch Heart Institute.

2020

  • Māori and the future of AI. Tech Week. Sponsored by Callaghan Institute.
  • Sustainability with Māori and Te Tiriti Considerations, Including Māori Data Sovereignty. Otago University 23 November 2020
  • WAI 2522 E-Commerce (Summary of affidavit) – Waitangi Tribunal WAI 2522
  • Machine Learning Seminar – Māori ethics and cultural considerations with AI, Algorithms, Data, Robotics and IOT. School of Computer Science and Machine Learning. Auckland University – 21 October, 12pm
  • Māori Data Sovereignty and Digital Colonisation – Webinar: Digital Justice – Emerging Technologies, Methods and Research. ANZSOC Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology
  • Cultural Appropriation of Māori – Bachelor of Communication Studies paper Intercultural Communication AUT
  • Should Aotearoa remain GMO Free – A Māori perspective – Western Springs College / Ngā Puna o Waiōrea
  • Māori cultural and ethical considerations in Information Security – OWASP New Zealand at Auckland University

2019

  • Tikanga related aspects of genomic data generation and use – ‘Māori doing science’ workshop at the ‘Queenstown Research Week’ (QRW).
  • Tikanga of biometric technologies. Computer Science Department of University of Auckland.
  • Digital Rights in the Age of Surveillance AI – Panel. University of Sydney
  • Digital Colonialism – The Relevance of Culture in the Age of AI. Goethe-Institut Sydney.

2018

  • Nāku tō rourou, nā taku rourou ka ora ai te iwi: Recognising the need for dynamic relationships between Māori and Government in a rapidly evolving world of digital. StatisticsNZ IANZ Indicator Selection Event – Te mahi tahi kia kitea tō tatou toiora Working together to measure our wellbeing. Wellington December 2018
  • Cultural Misappropriation: What is it? When does copying cease to be flattering? Can anything be done to prevent it, and if so by whom? Ngā Taonga Tuku Iho Conference: Our Past, Our Future, Our Legacy. 16-18 September 2018. Nelson.
  • Culture and Context Online; Cultural norms, values and worldviews in online spaces. Net Safe New Zealand Crossroads Conference. October 10 2018. Auckland.
  • He taonga te raraunga? Is data taonga? English panel discussion. StatsNZ, Auckland
  • Protection from Appropriation and Vehicle for Economic Change. INTA Asia Pacific Forum. Indigenous Intellectual Property: October 11 and 12 2018. Sydney Australia.

2017

  • Māori cultural ethical considerations in Digital Security. BSides Wellington: NZ’s community infosec conference for all! 23rd & 24th of November 2017
  • Biggest risk of Māori leadership in 2017. Canterbury University: MMIL 430.

2015

  • He Taonga te digital data: A tikanga perspective. Lincoln University: MAST 603.
  • Awareness of the need for an Indigenous Knowledge licence: A digital perspective. Canterbury University. New Zealand Institutional Repository day.
  • Digital Colonialism: What information management organisations need to be aware of. Lincoln University
  • The Internet infrastructure and technologies from an Indigenous perspective: Comparing Māori traditions and genealogies. Victoria University.
  • Future of Libraries Summit. Impacts and Considerations for Indigenous Populations using Open Source. OS//OS – New Zealand’s premier Open Source Open Society conference.

2014

  • Creative Commons Aotearoa – Towards an Indigenous Knowledge Notice. Open Access Week – Lincoln University

2013

  • Indigenous Domain Names in Aotearoa/New Zealand. National Digital Forum – Te Papa Wellington.
  • Indigenous Issues with new GTLD’s. ICANN 47th International Meeting, Durban.

2012

  • The evolution of Social Media: the benefits and implications to Māori culture. The Project Revolution: Pacific Shift – Crucial Developments and Key Trends in the South Pacific. AUT, Auckland New Zealand.
  • The success story of a minority Language “Māori” harnessing global technologies for language revitalisation and daily interaction amongst Māori speakers. UNESCO symposium – The Internet and the Promotion of Linguistic Diversity. Bilbao Basque Country, Spain via Audio Visual.
  • Using Citizen Media Tools to Promote Under-Represented Languages. New Tactics in Human Rights on-line. General Māori Language stories.

2010

  • Using Skype to achieve maximum telecommunication budget savings. e-engage Yourself. CPIT, Christchurch New Zealand

2009

  • e-Carvers of the new Digital World. Determining our future: sixth International Indigenous Librarians’ Forum 2009.
  • Using Web 2.0 to build and retain communities. International Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers. Mexico.