13. Dr Karaitiana Taiuru- Māori Data Sovereignty.

An overview of various international and and other Indigenous Peoples Data Sovereignty statements and principles. This will lead to a specific introduction to a te Ao Māori perspective of what is Data, and an introduction to the Waitangi Tribunal claim that found Māori Data is a Taonga.
Māori Data Sovereignty principles will be introduced and how Te Tiriti, He Whakaputanga and The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) articles and principles apply to Māori Data, and how these values and principles can be applied in health research to protect and respect Māori, Iwi, hapū and Māori groups customary beliefs and moral obligations.
Dr Karaitiana Taiuru, PhD. Māori AI/Data and Emerging Technologies Ethicist.
A leading authority and a highly accomplished visionary technology ethicist specialising in Māori rights with AI, Māori Data Sovereignty and Governance with emerging digital technologies and biological sciences.
He brings extensive expertise in mātauranga, tikanga Māori, te Tiriti and advocacy for digital Māori rights and data sovereignty and a profound understanding of the intersection between Māori knowledge and emerging technologies.
Dr Taiuru is a member of the Māori Leadership team at Pūtahi Manawa |Healthy Hearts for Aotearoa New Zealand and operates a boutique Research and Māori cultural advisory company Taiuru & Associates Ltd, an invited member of the Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor - Expert Advisory Committee on Artificial Intelligence in Health, a legislated expert member of the Trade Marks Advisory Committee, Digital Identity Trust Framework Māori advisory group and the Ministry of Health Tikanga Expert on Assisted Reproduction, as well as many other governance appointments.