Tikanga Archives - Karaitiana Taiuru

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

Eroding tikanga of the hongi

June 19, 2020 Karaitiana Tikanga

The recent introduction of kissing females on the cheek and ignoring the customary practice of a hongi creates a number of issues including the loss

Online learning and tikanga Māori

March 22, 2020 Karaitiana Tikanga

This article is for Whānau, Māori: students, teachers and academics. The same principles can be applied to working remotely online. I have recently heard it

Karakia or cultural appropriation

March 10, 2020 Karaitiana Cultural appropriation, Tikanga

This article is about karakia in post-colonial New Zealand and introduced religious influences that have changed Māori cultural beliefs and practices. This is not an

Waitangi Day 2020: Flag cultural faux pa

February 9, 2020 Karaitiana Tikanga

The Christchurch City Council (CCC) and the Okains Bay Māori and Colonial Museum held their 45th Waitangi Day celebration with a citizenship ceremony at Opara

Indigenising knowledge of Telecommunications and Smart Phones

July 23, 2019 Karaitiana Digital Colonialisim, Spectrum, Tikanga

The complete paper in a pdf format can be downloaded here. An introduction, explanation and indigenising of current day natural phenomena radio technologies that are

Submission to the Law Commission: DNA in Criminal Investigations

March 22, 2019 Karaitiana Genomics, Tikanga

In 2019 the Law Commission called for public submissions regarding the Use of DNA in Criminal Investigations. This is my public submission and impacts on

DNA is a Taonga: A Customary Māori Perspective

February 11, 2019 Karaitiana Genomics, Tikanga

Introduction What is a Taonga Tikanga –Whakapapa – Mauri – Wairua Traditional Knowledge Loss of customary knowledge Data Sovereignty of DNA samples Digital Colonisation Tikanga

Data is a Taonga. A customary Māori perspective

December 19, 2018 Karaitiana Data Sovereignty, Tikanga

This paper has been written to fill a void of information about data being a taonga and why there are various views by Māori. Stats

Artificial Intelligence and Māori

May 2, 2018 Karaitiana Tikanga

I was interviewed to contribute a Māori perspective to the The Artificial Intelligence Forum of New Zealand (AIFNZ) inaugural report. It appears as though only