#maoriculture — Public Fediverse posts

Radio New Zealand: Google launches improved pronunciation tool for te reo Māori place names. “For many years Māori place names pronounced by Google Maps have sounded kawa (unpleasant) in the ears of te reo Māori speakers. It will use a new AI-powered text-to-speech (TTS) model in English that can correctly pronounce cities and towns with te reo Māori names.”

Radio New Zealand: Google launches improved pronunciation tool for te reo Māori place names. “For many years Māori place names pronounced by Google Maps have sounded kawa (unpleasant) in the ears of te reo Māori speakers. It will use a new AI-powered text-to-speech (TTS) model in English that can correctly pronounce cities and towns with te reo Māori names.”

The Conversation: Historical images made with AI recycle colonial stereotypes and bias – new research. “When prompted to visualise Aotearoa New Zealand’s past, Sora privileges the European settler viewpoint: pre-colonial landscapes are rendered as empty wilderness, Captain Cook appears as a calm civiliser, and Māori are cast as timeless, peripheral figures. As generative AI tools become […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/24/the-conversation-historical-images-made-with-ai-recycle-colonial-stereotypes-and-bias-new-research/

Radio New Zealand: More than 15k Māori and Moriori cultural heritage items may be in overseas museums and universities. “The Kaihautū of Te Papa says there could be well over 15,000 pieces of Māori and Moriori cultural heritage in overseas museums and universities.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/27/radio-new-zealand-more-than-15k-maori-and-moriori-cultural-heritage-items-may-be-in-overseas-museums-and-universities/

Radio New Zealand: More than 15k Māori and Moriori cultural heritage items may be in overseas museums and universities. “The Kaihautū of Te Papa says there could be well over 15,000 pieces of Māori and Moriori cultural heritage in overseas museums and universities.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/27/radio-new-zealand-more-than-15k-maori-and-moriori-cultural-heritage-items-may-be-in-overseas-museums-and-universities/

This is what it looks like when reporting is done with aroha and respect.

Grateful to Te Ao Māori News for covering kaupapa Māori game development through a lens of whakapapa, not pūtea.

Māori game dev is about systems, story, and sovereignty. Thanks for giving it the space it deserves.

#gamedev #maoriculture #indiegames #IndigenousVoices #digitalsovereignty #representationmatters

https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/07/02/the-singapore-game-maker-and-dannervirke-based-iwi-blending-culture-and-technology-to-create-games/

The Spinoff: Reclaiming the future: Māori voices leading in the age of AI and quantum tech. “When Te Hiku Media launched its Māori language artificial intelligence (AI) tool last year – capable of transcribing te reo Māori with 92% accuracy – it marked more than a technological milestone. It was a reclamation. In an era when overseas apps routinely mistranslate te reo and karakia, the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/09/reclaiming-the-future-maori-voices-leading-in-the-age-of-ai-and-quantum-tech-the-spinoff/

The Spinoff: Reclaiming the future: Māori voices leading in the age of AI and quantum tech. “When Te Hiku Media launched its Māori language artificial intelligence (AI) tool last year – capable of transcribing te reo Māori with 92% accuracy – it marked more than a technological milestone. It was a reclamation. In an era when overseas apps routinely mistranslate te reo and karakia, the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/09/reclaiming-the-future-maori-voices-leading-in-the-age-of-ai-and-quantum-tech-the-spinoff/

Radio New Zealand: Wellington Library trials new shelving system based on Māori deities. “A Wellington Library is trialling a new way of cataloguing its mātauranga Māori books, organising them by atua (deity) rather than by the Dewey Decimal system…. Bridget Jennings is the Senior Cataloguing Specialist at Wellington City Libraries, she said they wanted to create a structure for the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/07/radio-new-zealand-wellington-library-trials-new-shelving-system-based-on-maori-deities/

Exciting news from New Zealand! On January 30, 2025, Taranaki Maunga (Mount Taranaki) was granted legal personhood, acknowledging its sacred significance to the Māori people. This move aims to protect the mountain's health and wellbeing, restore traditional practices, and enhance conservation efforts.

@goodnews

#GoodNews #TaranakiMaunga #MāoriCulture #Conservation
https://apnews.com/article/mountain-zealand-personhood-maori-taranak-590fca0f3d648cc0bf86d970782e954c

Exciting news from New Zealand! On January 30, 2025, Taranaki Maunga (Mount Taranaki) was granted legal personhood, acknowledging its sacred significance to the Māori people. This move aims to protect the mountain's health and wellbeing, restore traditional practices, and enhance conservation efforts.

@goodnews

#GoodNews #TaranakiMaunga #MāoriCulture #Conservation
https://apnews.com/article/mountain-zealand-personhood-maori-taranak-590fca0f3d648cc0bf86d970782e954c

🎉 New Zealand has reclaimed the world record for the largest mass Haka! 🇳🇿 On September 29, 2024, over 6,500 people gathered at Eden Park, Auckland, to perform the iconic Māori war dance, surpassing France’s previous record of 4,028 participants. This powerful display of culture and unity is a celebration of Māori identity. 🌍💥

#NewZealand #HakaRecord #MāoriCulture #WorldRecord #EdenPark #TaikaWaititi #ConanOBrien #GoodNews

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/30/travel/new-zealand-world-record-haka-intl-hnk/index.html