Artificial Intelligence
Transparency is key – should we ever generate an image or text solely or in part, using Generative AI, there will be a disclaimer associated with the image or the text stating that it is AI generated, the AI name and the prompts that were used.
Generative AI is not yet capable of creating Māori knowledge at an expert level. However, any information that utilises Generative AI, will always be checked by humans and the above disclaimer applied. No information that us generated with Generative AI should be considered as authoritative.
AI chatbot disclaimer
This site and our servers do not use any chatbots, AI agents, LLM’s etc.
Last updated March 07, 2025.
Privacy
While the Privacy Commission Privacy Statement Generator states we do not need a Privacy statement, as a Māori company, fronted by a leading Māori authority with Māori Data Sovereignty, we will explicitly state our commitment, our rangatiratanga to all of this sites visitors. This should be read in conjunction with our Māori Data Sovereignty statement.
- This site does not automatically collect any personal information.
- This site is built in WordPress which uses session and comment cookies.
- This site uses Google Analytics which uses a set of cookies to collect information and report site usage statistics without personally identifying individual visitors to Google. ‘_ga’, the main cookie used by Google Analytics, enables a service to distinguish one visitor from another and lasts for 2 years. Any site that implements Google Analytics, including Google services, uses the ‘_ga’ cookie. Each ‘_ga’ cookie is unique to the specific property, so it cannot be used to track a given user or browser across unrelated websites.
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Māori Data Sovereignty
We are committed to operating in line with Māori Data Sovereignty principles.
- Currently practised by the fact our web site and email server are located in Auckland servers using New Zealand owned and operated companies.
- Any Māori Data we have is either licenced using a Kaitiakitanga licence or Creative Commons Licence.
- All data on our web site can empower whānau Māori to exercise their rangatiratanga
- Currently practised by ensuring all Māori Data whakapapa is recorded and publicly and or privately recorded.
- Māori aspirations, and good practice for all communities are considered when producing Māori Data on this site.
03 Whanaungatanga | Obligations
- Individuals’ rights, risks, and benefits in relation to Māori data are balanced with the full prior and informed consent for collectives they may be a part of such as hapū, marae, Iwi and other Māori organisations.
04 Kotahitanga | Collective benefit
- Currently practised by recognising the representatives of a collective can support the needs of the collective and individuals belonging to it. Additionally, kotahitanga allows us to balance individual agency with collective potential.
- Currently practised by ensuring all Māori Data data upholds the mana and dignity of Māori
- Individual and collective privacy is considered during the processes of data collection, storage, data re-use, and the dissemination of the outputs of AI and algorithms.
06 Kaitiakitanga | Guardianship
- Currently practised by ensuring tikanga and mātauranga values are applied at all stages of the Māori Data cycle. Te Tiriti (including WAI 262 and WAI 2522), He Whakaputanga and The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples underpin the protection, access and use of Māori Data on this site.
Last updated March 07, 2025