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- [MMDMF and Government Procurement (Rule 8)] (https://www.maurimodel.nz/blog/2246006): Mahi Maioro Professionals welcomes the more holistic approach required by Rule 8.  Recently, Mahi Maioro Professional's Pou Hautū, Dr Kēpa Morgan, attended the ACENZ webinar by Height Project Management on Rule 8 of the Government Procurement Rules. Kēpa could see the immediate relevance of the Mauri Model Decision Making Framework (MMDMF) as a tool to assist companies wanting to quantify and report the broader value added in their work that is relevant to meeting the requirements of Rule 8.  The attached article discusses how the Mauri Model Decision Making Framework can assist your company in understanding and communicating that value in an effective and compelling way.

- [Heeding the taniwha can help avert expensive blunders] (https://www.maurimodel.nz/post/heeding-the-taniwha-can-help-avert-expensive-blunders): Two cases show that Indigenous wisdom could be linked to unknown factors, writes Dr Kepa Morgan.Read more here.

- [Dr Kēpa Morgan presents at Te Mana o Te Wai Conference] (https://www.maurimodel.nz/post/dr-k-C4-93pa-morgan-presents-at-te-mana-o-te-wai-conference): Dr Kēpa Morgan presented as a Guest Speaker at Te Mana o Te Wai Conference in Rotorua on mauri monitoring at Rotoiti. An overview of his presentation can be viewed here.

- [Mahi Maioro Professionals visit British Columbia to collaborate on Indigenous Knowledge in sustainability] (https://www.maurimodel.nz/post/mahi-maioro-professionals-visit-british-columbia-to-collaborate-on-indigenous-knowledge-in-sustainab): In August, 2023 Mahi Maioro professionals visited Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada to meet with collaborators on the Balance Co-Lab research project, which aims to put indigenous knowledge at the forefront of decision-making within traditional territories. Mahi Maioro spent one day at the University of Victoria presenting case studies from Aotearoa, New Zealand, followed by a day at T'Sou-Ke Nation learning from elders on the island. Find out more about the collaboration here: https://

- [Mahi Maioro Professionals to present Keynote at Mni Ki Wakan Indigenous Water Summit] (https://www.maurimodel.nz/post/mahi-maioro-professionals-to-present-keynote-at-mni-ki-wakan-indigenous-water-summit): Dr. Kēpa Morgan and Dr. Oliver McMillan are travelling to Rapid City, South Dakota later in August to present a keynote session at the Mni Ki Wakan Indigenous Water Summit. The session is titled "An Exploration of Responses to Water Colonialism in Aotearoa New Zealand".

- [Dr Kēpa Morgan received the IPENZ Furkert Award for Sustainability and Clean Technology] (https://www.maurimodel.nz/post/dr-k-C4-93pa-morgan-received-the-ipenz-furkert-award-for-sustainability-and-clean-technology): Dr Kēpa Morgan received the IPENZ Furkert Award for Sustainability and Clean Technology.Find out more here.

- [Kēpa Morgan appointed to ESR Strategic Science Advisory Panel] (https://www.maurimodel.nz/post/grow-your-blog-community): Mahi Maioro Professionals Pou Hautū, Dr Kēpa Morgan FEngNZ has been appointed to the ESR Strategic Science Advisory Panel. The appointment recognises the contribution that Mātauranga Māori has to offer to environmental and scientific research and coincides with a concerted effort by ESR to make Mātauranga Māori a part of their DNA. Te Hiku Media interviewed Kēpa on his new appointment on 17 September.Find out more here.

- [Live Mauri Monitoring tool launched for Ngā Rua Hu Wai o Tahu Matua] (https://www.maurimodel.nz/post/live-mauri-monitoring-tool-launched-for-ng-C4-81-rua-hu-wai-o-tahu-matua): Mahi Maioro have launched a live tool for monitoring the mauri of the Upper Waikato in Ngā Rua Hu Wai o Tahu Matua in the upper Waikato, in partnership with Te Arawa River Iwi Trust (TARIT). The tool combined live water quality sensing tools and cultural monitoring information from a dedicated Waiora app (designed by others) to form an understanding of the mauri of the ecosystem and the iwi associated with the upper Waikato.Find our more and explore the tool on TARIT's website here.

- [Mauri Monitoring App launched with Tapuika Iwi, Waitaha Iwi and Ngāti Whakaue ki Maketu] (https://www.maurimodel.nz/post/mauri-monitoring-app-launched-with-tapuika-iwi-waitaha-iwi-and-ng-C4-81ti-whakaue-ki-maketu): Mahi Maioro Professionals enjoyed the launch of the Waiora Mauri Monitoring App that has been created for Tapuika Iwi, Waitaha Iwi and Ngāti Whakaue ki Maketu. The initiative to develop this tool originated from the Environmental Consent conditions for the Water Treatment Plant intake being built on the Waiāri. Maru, Darlene, Dean and Maria successfully advanced this kaupapa in the hearings on behalf of their Iwi with the inclusion of the condition for monitoring of mauri and mauriora. The launc

- [Dr Kēpa Morgan honoured as Distinguished Fellow of Engineering New Zealand] (https://www.maurimodel.nz/post/dr-k-C4-93pa-morgan-honoured-as-distinguished-fellow-of-engineering-new-zealand): Dr Kēpa Morgan is elected a Distinguished Fellow of Engineering New Zealand in recognition of his contribution towards including Māori culture (tikanga) and Māori knowledge (matauranga) into engineering education, and in establishing ways in which Māori can succeed in delivering engineering to the benefit of the wider community.Find out more here.

- [Dr. Kēpa Morgan Awarded Distinguished Fellow of Engineering New Zealand] (https://www.maurimodel.nz/post/dr-k-C4-93pa-morgan-awarded-distinguished-fellow-of-engineering-new-zealand): Dr Kēpa Morgan was awarded Distinguished Fellow of Engineering New Zealand at an awards dinner at New Zealand Parliament on Friday, 24 March. Kēpa was awarded "in recognition of his contribution towards including Māori culture (tikanga) and Māori knowledge (matauranga) into engineering education, and in establishing ways in which Māori can succeed in delivering engineering to the benefit of the wider community." More information is available here.

- [Restoring mauri after the Rena disaster] (https://www.maurimodel.nz/post/restoring-mauri-after-the-rena-disaster): In 2012, the Ministry for the Environment launched its Environmental Recovery Plan. Environmental law in New Zealand recognises the need to protect the ‘intrinsic values of the environment’ or the ‘mauri’.Find out more here.

- [The environmental and cultural hurdles facing New Zealand's green hydrogen economy] (https://www.maurimodel.nz/post/the-environmental-and-cultural-hurdles-facing-new-zealand-s-green-hydrogen-economy): Freshwater has enormous significance to iwi and hapū. However, their views on hydrolysis as a consumptive use of water are not widely understood. If cultural complexity is ignored, hydrogen infrastructure or processes may fail to achieve an appropriate fit within Aotearoa New Zealand society and the technology could be orphaned."Read more from Dr Kēpa Morgan at The Conversation New Zealand.

- [Rotorua treated wastewater agreement allows discharge into forest, not lake] (https://www.maurimodel.nz/post/rotorua-treated-wastewater-agreement-allows-discharge-into-forest-not-lake): Iwi in Rotorua have brokered an agreement for a new plan for the discharge of treated waste water, wai tātari, in the city.Find out more here.

- [Three presentations at 2022 International Indigenous Research Conference (IIRC)] (https://www.maurimodel.nz/post/three-presentations-at-2022-international-indigenous-research-conference-iirc): Dr. Kēpa Morgan and Dr. Oliver McMillan will present their recent work at the 2022 International Indigenous Research Conference, held online in November, 2022.The presentations will cover the challenges of combining the mauri model with technology, reclaiming the observational capabilities of our tūpuna, and indigenous flourishing. Find out more and register for the conference here.