Karaitiana Taiuru - Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Rārua, Tūwharetoa

Can the Māori Language be colonised if used with AI and other digital technologies?

January 11, 2021 Karaitiana Artificial Intelligence & Robotics, Data Sovereignty, Digital Colonialisim

This brief article looks at the idea that the Māori language will be colonised if used in speech recognition, machine learning, AI and other linguist

Māori Culture Guidelines for Brand Owners and Marketing

January 10, 2021 Karaitiana Cultural appropriation

These high level guidelines have been written by Karaitiana Taiuru who has been involved with Māori Cultural rights, Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge and assisting brands

Expert Maori Cultural Commentary to the Law Commission DNA Recommendations

January 2, 2021 Karaitiana Genomics

At the end of November 2020, the Law Commission released a report on DNA samples in Criminal Investigations that made sweeping recommendations that included protecting

Classic racist reply to claims of cultural appropriation

December 14, 2020 Karaitiana Cultural appropriation

I have been calling out and educating perpetrators of cultural appropriation for decades. Of the hundreds of responses and abuse mocking me, there is a

Māori Cultural considerations with Facial Recognition Technology in New Zealand

December 7, 2020 Karaitiana Artificial Intelligence & Robotics, Data Sovereignty

The New Zealand Police, Customs, Ministry of Justice, DIA and other government agencies have a wide arsenal of Facial Recognition technologies with little or no

Māori Data Sovereignty and Associated Legal Instruments

November 8, 2020 Karaitiana Artificial Intelligence & Robotics, Data Sovereignty

A new and inclusive of all Māori people and societies, not just Iwi as has been the status quo since Māori Data Sovereignty was first

Māori business self identification – end of racist profiling

October 3, 2020 Karaitiana Cultural appropriation, Tikanga

Stuff reported a story that Māori businesses will soon have the opportunity to self identify as Maori. For the first time, a national register will

Māori Data Sovereignty and Digital Colonisation

September 10, 2020 Karaitiana Artificial Intelligence & Robotics, Data Sovereignty, Digital Colonialisim

Presentation to the Digital Justice – Emerging Technologies, Methods and Research on September 11 2020. Presentation here. Abstract An introduction to Māori and Indigenous Data

NZ Algorithm charter – Are Māori protected?

August 22, 2020 Karaitiana Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

The Algorithm charter for Aotearoa New Zealand was released by the New Zealand Government earlier this year. The charter has the potential to further discriminate

Kingi appropriation or ill informed individuals

August 18, 2020 Karaitiana Cultural appropriation, Te Reo Māori

The NZ Herald and Stuff have run a number of stories about a restaurant using the name “Kingi” and a few Māori and non Māori