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mātauranga (knowledge) and physical activity together in one innovative package.
Launched at the Puhinui Stream Challenge event in 2017, the concept was developed by AUT University’s Research and Innovation, Healthy Families Manukau and The Southern Initiative (TSI).
Panuku further collaborated on the evolution of the Manu app and facilitated field-testing at events, as a key move to harness innovation opportunities for cultural learnings in Manukau’s urban heart.
This GPS enabled app superimposes the animated, bilingual Māori youth ‘Manu’, when users view their physical journey on their device.
You can join Manu on his quest to explore different areas of Aotearoa, learning about how the stars and moon cycle were used to determine the ideal days for planting and fishing.
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Auckland Council s Southern Initiative offers tech scholarships for Maori and Pacifika
The Southern Initiative champions, stimulates and enables social and community innovation in south Auckland. Credit: Rob O Neill
Auckland Council is addressing a disconcerting statistic – that Maori and Pasifika workers make up just two per cent of the NZ tech sector – with a new partnership.
In an effort to boost diversity in one of the world’s fastest growing sectors, Auckland Council’s Southern Initiative is partnering with career development organisation Mission Ready, to offer 31 tech-pathway scholarships early next year.
Press Release – Mission Ready HQ
Maori & Pasifika make up just 2% of NZ tech sector
Auckland Council’s addressing the disconcerting statistic of Maori & Pasifika making up just 2% of New Zealand’s tech-sector workforce.
In an effort to boost a critical diversity of influence in one of the world’s fastest growing sectors, Auckland Council’s Southern Initiative is partnering with career development organisation Mission Ready, to offer 31 tech-pathway scholarships early next year.
Mission Ready director Diana Sharma says New Zealand’s tech industry needs to avoid the consequences of an alarmingly disproportionate representation of Maori & Pasifika within their sector when those cultures represent a fast growing proportion of the country’s population – 16.5% and 9% respectively.