Āhau

Our co-founder Kaye-Maree Dunn has been appointed as a Director to the NZ Society of Geneologists.

Kaye-Maree says: "This appointment is an extraordinary opportunity to foster relationships with the society, increase whānau participation to access their research and tools and for Āhau to reignite our purpose of supporting whānau to digitise and protect their own whakapapa"

Check out the society and their Mahi

https://genealogy.org.nz/

Check out our Board of Directors to see the changes after our AGM. We welcome two new Board members - Lea Cowley and Kaye-Maree Dunn and welcome back Dr Greta Gordon. Melanie Middleton has been appointed as Chairperson, and Simon Young is now Vice-chairperson. https://genealogy.org.nz/Our-Board/10937/

Yes, Āhau believe in the power of whakapapa as a basis for health data, whānau hauora planning and precision medicine

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/557203/is-whakapapa-the-answer-to-better-health-treatment

Eye to the future
Rakeiora
Mana Motuhake
Data Sovereignty

Researchers have developed a prototype platform to incorporate whakapapa with biomedical science to provide better treatment plans for Māori and minority communities.

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Massive mihi to one of our gifted kaihapai Engie Matene to reflect her community engagement mahi for Āhau walking beside our tribal communities.

Ka mau te wehi.

E rere ana ngā mihi to our Kaiāwhina winners, Engie Matene (Ngāpuhi, Kuki Airani) and Ashley Riddell (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāi Tahu) who were tied as Tipu recipients, and Eva Riddell (Ngāti Porou) as our Tōtara recipient.

Steven Renata accepted the award on behalf of Ashley Riddell.

Kaiāwhina recognises the planners, organisers, project managers and people that kept the mahi moving.

It is wonderful that Āhau are helping to contribute to the development of ancestry tools that will be useful in other countries around the world. A massive mihi to Simon Young who is building new tech to help families and individuals capture and tell the stories of their ancestors

Learn History, One Ancestor at a Time Learn history through the eyes of your ancestors. One Ancestor at a Time is a project that will help you learn and share your family history in an engaging and fresh way.

Indigenous Data Privacy - the issues are real and it has been a privilege for Āhau to share our thoughts on the issues we face here in Aotearoa alongside the challenges Dr Tahu Kukutai and other practitioners raise in this article in the Scientific Americal Journal

How Indigenous Groups Are Leading the Way on Data Privacy Indigenous groups are developing data storage technology that gives users privacy and control. Could their work influence those fighting back against invasive apps?

He Tika te kōrero

Kai and whakapapa do not mix

Here are some thoughts as to why from a te ao māori lens

Whakapapa is tapu and kai is noa - they don’t mix. Whakapapa was not traditionally discussed at the kai table. The late Dr. Wharehuia Milroy once overheard people discussing whakapapa across the table from him in the wharekai. He started eating his food and told them that “kei te kai ahau i ō tīpuna”. The two were puzzled at first and Wharehuia continued to explain why it is not custom to discuss whakapapa at the kai table. There was also an instance where a family reunion was once held and huge charts of whakapapa were hung on the wharekai walls. Kaumātua of the marae advised the whānau that this was not in accordance with tikanga. Every now and again we are reminded by Tīmoti if we forget this custom and start speaking about whakapapa at the kai table. We get the 👀…

What wonderful mahi

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This week we have the privilege of releasing the twelfth publication for our Whakapapa Research Project. Our 8 whānau researchers are undertaking and publishing their whānau research on various kaupapa.

Today’s publication, by Miriama Cribb, is a personal reflection of her and her family’s journey of decolonisation, learning, relearning, taking back, and courage, through the vehicle of whānau ora. Led by their matriarch, their grandmother, and supported by parents for the betterment of future uri.

You can download a copy here:https://teatawhai.maori.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Event_Miriama-Cribb_Web-Version.pdf