Research team
John Reid (Ngai Tahu Research Centre)
Matthew Wilson (GRI University of Canterbury)
Corey Ruha (university of Waikato)
Jason Mika (University of Waikato)
Kevan Cote (University of Canterbury)
Project summary
The Kaitiaki Intelligence Platforms (KIPs) programme was supported by funding from the Our Land and Water National Science Challenge (OLW). Its goal was to combine advanced environmental sensing technologies with mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) to develop a state-of-the-art environmental sensing platform that meets the needs, requirements, and values of Māori Agribusiness Collectives (MACs) and iwi.
The vision for KIPs is to offer MACs and iwi a model, and process, for constructing their own environmental sensing platforms to guide environmental governance when engaging with government, inform land management choices, and the fulfil of kaitiaki (guardianship) obligations. Nevertheless, the development of KIPs may necessitate investment and collaboration among iwi, MACs, the government, and the private sector. Therefore, the KIPs programme is actively encouraging and backing collaborative engagement efforts to make this endeavour possible.
It has only become recently possible to design and build platforms capable of this type of detailed environmental information. This is due to technological advances in remote sensing, artificial intelligence, data storage, and communication, accompanied by rapidly falling costs.
