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  • Māori and First Nations Australia musicians views of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

    From: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/m%25C4%2581ori-first-nations-australia-musicians-views-ai-taiuru-jp-minstd-klacc/?trackingId=L6r7lk1ZfhkZb6MVmf9fJg%3D%3D Source report: https://www.apraamcos.co.nz/about-us/news-and-events/ai-and-music-survey-results

  • Harnessing harakeke – a new future for a traditional taonga

    It could change the performance of a pickleball paddle, a snowboard, a surfboard, even a rally car. It could also reduce our reliance on carbon fibre, restore Māori tikanga and put unproductive land to sustainable use. For Ben Scales and William Murrell (Ngāi Tahu), co-founders of KiwiFibre in Ōtautahi Christchurch, the potential of composite materials…

  • Forty years after Rogernomics: Imagining an economy grounded in Māori values

    It’s well past time we start thinking of a new next model… An economy or economies based on manaakitanga, whanaungatanga, kaitiakitanga could set everyone up to live well, within connected communities and planetary boundaries. What if rāhui were respected and our ecosystems were regenerated, or our sense of obligation to each other meant that no…

  • The kids are all right

    I think a lot of Pakeha don’t see the emergent power of young Maori. I went to a protest rally earlier this year and a full 50% of the crowd was under 20. This is becoming an inspiring force to be reckon’d with. It is one of the truely hopeful signals in NZ at present.…

  • Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems and Agroecology: Synergies and Convergences

    Indigenous food systems are systems of production, distribution, and consumption of foods based on Traditional Knowledge and practices of Indigenous Peoples. These systems are characterized by their diversity, sustainability, and resilience, which makes them preferable to conventional industrial food systems. In a webinar organized by the Agroecology Fund (AEF) in November 2023, representatives of Indigenous Peoples and non-governmental organizations…

  • The Value of Indigenous Knowledge in Permafrost Research

    Permafrost emissions are the climate change issue that really keep me awake at night. Like wild fires we need to tap into the lived knowledge of the people who have inhabited that biome for centuries if we’re to stand any chance. But according to Patrick Murphy, a field research technician with the Woodwell Climate Research…

  • The Importance of Indigenous Oral Traditional Storytelling: Part 1

    When I was older, I became enthralled with the idea of epistemology. What is knowledge, and how do we come to understand it? In a Western worldview, the question can be difficult, burdened by philosophical “thinkers” who try to understand the intricacies of what they sometimes label as a “problem.”  In an Indigenous worldview, it…

  • Born To Be Land Defenders

    Representing a huge win for Ecuador’s Indigenous groups, this year the country held a referendum on extractivism, the first of its kind worldwide. On August 20, citizens headed to the polling stations to choose whether to halt oil exploitation in the Yasuní National Park in the Amazon and prohibit mining in the Chocó Andino region in…

  • A climate change poem turned hip-hop song.

    “Hip-hop being a voice for the voiceless, this was an opportunity for me to give a voice for the environment.” https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2023/12/22/a-climate-change-poem-turned-hip-hop-song/

  • Resisting data colonialism – A practical guide

    Some people, mainly from the privileged West, think that colonialism is long over. Others are sure that colonialism has never stopped. This book explores a third possibility: that not only is colonialism still continuing, but that right now it is morphing into its most powerful version yet. We call this data colonialism. Data colonialism is…