... reality is holistic, in that humanity and nature are not separate, nor are the material and immaterial worlds; relationships are central, placing process over substance and dynamism over materiality; and that reality is cyclical, which places importance on both the past and future as well as the present.

Kaitiaki Intelligence Platforms

Working with leading Māori organisations, the Kaitiaki Intelligence Platforms team has designed an environmental sensing network.

Technology Empowered Ancestral Wisdom

Māori have ways of gauging the health of the environment based on long-standing relationships with and experiences of Place. Through combining Indigenous wisdom with new monitoring technologies, Māori can generate the intelligence they need to advocate for the environment, govern their lands, and create opportunities.

Whakapapa
Tipuna
Tikanga

The project supports hapū and iwi in meeting their felt collective responsibility to wisely manage resources for future generations and their non-human kin.