Ngā ara hangarau hou
Te whare o Mere Pi, Rakiura Stewart Island with Dr. Rory M.S. Clifford and Dr. Kris Tong from the Human Interface Technology Laboratory New Zealand, recording a series of 360 video and producing a multi-sensory virtual reality experience for the uri descendants of Mere Pi in the SfTI funded Ātea spearhead project. Special thanks to te Runaka o Awarua, te Awarua me Rakiura whānau and also to and the Science for Technological Innovation (SfTI) National Science Challenge (photo supplied).
E ngana ana tēnei rangahau ki te whakapai ake i te āputa i waenganui i te Māori me te hangarau hou, ka whakarite i ngā arawātea motuhake mā te Māori e, ā, ko ngā kaupapa e whakahaerehia ana e ngā marae. Ko tō mātou whāinga he whakarite i te Māori mō tētahi āpōpō e kaha horopū ana ki te hangarau, me te aha kāore pea e whakaaro ki te tikanga Māori e āhei te Māori kia noho hei kairuku, hei kaiwaihanga, ā, ka ārahina te āhua o te whakatinanatanga o ngā hangarau hou. I wā kotahi rā, kua puta i ngā ahumahi hangarau hou tōna tōmina nui ki te whakapai ake i te kanorautanga i ōna tīma, kia whakawhānuitia ai ngā huatau e pā ana ki te āhua o ngā pūnaha, me whakaaroaro rawa ki te mātauranga o ngā iwi taketake. Mā te taunaki wawe i te whakawhanaketanga o te ara mahi o te whānau i tēnei rāngai, ka whakaitihia te āputa mō te mārama ki te Māori me ngā hangarau, ka whakaritea te ā-mua ao o te whānau, e pai ake ai ngā whakataunga a te hapū me te iwi e pā ana ki ngā rawa huamoni, ngā taonga me tō tātou whakareretanga. Te āpiti ki ngā kaupapa pēnei i te whakawātea i ngā hinengaro pākiki me te aatea. Ka tautoko tēnei kaupapa i te Mō kā uri, ko te whakaitenga o Kāi Tahu ka tutuki ā te 2050, mā te urupare i ngā kōhao hangarau e kitea ana e te Māori, me te ao hangarau ki te marae.