Maori GIS Conference Presentations

GIS: Progress and Protect what you value

13 – 15 May 2009

This GIS conference was held in May 2009. The kaupapapa was GIS: progress and protect what you value, which reflects the notion that roopu are increasingly using GIS as a tool to progress their development aspirations as well as protect taonga.

Here are the presentations:

• Bernadette Papa – Tamaki Makaurau Nga Wahi Whakahirahira o Tamaki [4.5MB]
• Bev Hughes – Ngati Awa GIS Database [3.6MB]
• Craig Pauling – Using GIS to Communicate the Cultural Health of Waterways [1.1MB]
• Dave Heron and Biljana Lukovic – GNS GIS Turning data into information [3MB]
• David Swann – Enterprise GIs Enabling Indigenous Populations [7MB]
• Dean Walker – Cultural Health Indicators and GIS [5MB]
• Des Kahotea – Using GPS survey and GIS maps for heritage management of archaeological sites for protection and preservation [5.5MB]
• Frank Waitai – Working with GIS � A Hauraki Perspective [5.8MB]
• Garry Christoffersen – Mapping is important but it is only part of the solution [9,4MB]
• Garth Harmsworth, Chris McDowall – Participatory and interactive visualisation tools for M?ori futures [2.6MB]
• Gerard O’Regan – Taonga Pounamu An experiment in researching the movement of M?ori artefacts with GIS [2MB]
• John Gibson – Spatial Sciences Institute NZ Region [3MB]
• John Reid – Using GIS to realize commercial development opportunities on M?ori Land [0.8MB]
• Jon Proctor – Towards developing an iwi Hapu based GIS [9.2MB]
• Kaf Henderson – GIS at CFRT [1.6MB]
• Nathan Kennedy – Cultural Mapping Mapping tangata whenua values [2.4MB]
• Paul Langham – Maori Land Information Base Demo [0.8MB]
• Paul Langham – Maori Land Information Base Test Demo [1.2MB]
• Paul Langham – Maori Land Information Base [1.2MB]
• Rakiihia Tau – Opening Remarks [25KB]
• Ray Wi Te Taiawhio Tuhua Hikurangi – Regional Management Committee GIS [0.2MB]
• Shaun Awatere – Maori Cultural Values Database [0.86MB]
• Steve Critchlow – Prosperity for NZ from better Spatial Information [0.3MB]
• Steve Massey – Implementing interactive digital maps [0.5MB]
• Takarei Norton – Ngai Tahu Cultural Heritage Mapping Project [2MB]
• Tracey Tangihaere – Maori Land Court GIS Initiative [0.5MB]
• Wayne Tyson Processing – large image files [0.8MB]

Outcomes

A positive result from the May conference.�Thanks to Moka Apiti and the working group there is now a Maori GIS Google Group.

Use the above link to go to the site and join the group (you�ll need a gmail account which is free to set up).

Engage with the group by posing your messages, tips and questions.