Dr Hauiti Hākopa

What digital platforms could support a collective approach to Te Tai Ao?

How could this be managed; practically and using what protocols?

What are the potential uses and benefits of these platforms locally, nationally and internationally?

What are the potential Te Tai Ao future needs of iwi/hapū that need to be addressed in the digital platform considerations?

What opportunities are there for Indigenous digital solution platform that can be developed and implemented in communities?

The purpose of this summer intern project is to source information (cultural and spatial) that describes the student’s relationship to their marae in preparation for learning how to use spatial information technology to create maps of their ancestral landscapes. 

This project will develop skillsets of blending modern ICT with oral narratives (mōteatea, lore of the land, pūrākau). The student will join the Te Koronga: Indigenous Science Research Theme at the University of Otago.

The purpose of this summer internship project is to explore the potential to develop hauora and pūtaiao solutions for Te Toki Voyaging trust in their kaupapa of kaitiakitanga and mauri ora of the marine environment through traditional navigation and sailing.

The project involves wānanga with Te Toki Voyaging Trust, sailing and supporting ngā kaupapa waka.