About this research
Project Summary
Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data can be used to make digital 3D representations of the Earth’s surface. Often this is combined with imagery to capture fine-scale mapping of landscapes. Algorithms are employed to distinguish vegetation cover from bare-terrain models, offering whānau/hapū/iwi the opportunity to unveil elements in the landscape not discernible through visual imagery alone. This also provides a digital reconnection to sites that whānau/hapū/iwi may not be able to access physically.
This research is exploring how hapū/iwi can utilise geospatial technologies like LiDAR to identify, connect-with, and enrich the management of, culturally significant sites. Critical to this project is wānanga to socialise the technology and ensure IP sharing arrangements are agreed.
The project is utilising geospatial modelling of sites combined with Ngā Wāhi Tūturu narratives for whānau use, incorporating mātauranga, memories of tūpuna and customary practices alongside visual representations of these sites and landscapes. Meaningful engagement and strong relationships are vital for the success of this project. A fieldtrip for ground-truthing enables broader whānau kōrero on the sites whilst validating outputs.
Additionally, ensuring that Raukawa kaimahi/kaitiaki have developed skills to utilise GIS and the LiDAR data products is essential for research impact.
Research Question
How can airborne laser scanning technologies (e.g. LiDAR - Light Detection and Ranging) be used by hapū/iwi for enhancing the management of culturally significant sites?
Lead Researcher
Laise Harris, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Whakaki, Tūhoe, Ngāpuhi, Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research
Research Team
Susanna Finlay-Smits, Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research
Jessica Webber, Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngāti Toa, Te Atiawa ki Whakarongotai, Raukawa, Raukawa Charitable Trust
LiDAR technology offers unprecedented access to the whenua—capturing the contours of the landscape at fine detail and revealing wāhi tapu and heritage sites often lost under forest canopies or inaccessible locations. This research explores how hapū and iwi can utilise geospatial technologies like LiDAR to identify, connect-with, and enrich the management of, culturally significant sites.
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He oranga whānau: mahi ngātahi: Whānau livelihoods within the context of work and Māori economies of wellbeing. These groundbreaking works celebrate Māori futures rooted in kaupapa Māori values while fostering pathways for responsible relationships, meaningful lives, and flourishing Indigenous wellbeing economies. By emphasising the central role of whānau, these publications provide actionable insights and inspiration for transformative change in economic and cultural systems.
- Mana Touchstones
- Te Ahunga atu ki ngā Ōhanga Oranga Māori: Towards Māori Economies of Wellbeing
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Professor Chellie Spiller
Professor Chellie Spiller
Dr Chellie Spiller, of Matawhaiti Iwitea, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa, is Professor of Management and Leadership, and Associate Dean Māori at the University of Waikato. She was previously a senior lecturer and Associate Dean Māori and Pacific at the University of Auckland Business School. She has over 30 years of corporate experience in tourism, finance and marketing, holding senior executive positions in New Zealand and abroad, and brings this experience to her academic work and leadership and management development programmes. Her research explores how Māori and indigenous businesses create… -
Professor Jarrod Haar
Professor Jarrod Haar
Professor Jarrod Haar (PhD) is a Professor of Human Resource Management in the Department of Management and has tribal affiliations of Ngati Maniapoto and Ngati Mahuta. In 2018, Professor Haar was appointed as a Member of the Marsden Fund Council and is the Convenor of the Marsden Economics and Human Behavioural Sciences panel. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi (2020), a Research Fellow of the Australia & New Zealand Academy of Management (since 2012), and Chartered Fellow of the Human Resource Institute of New Zealand (HRINZ). He won the inaugural HRINZ HR… -
Dr John Reid
Dr John Reid
John is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Canterbury’s Ngai Tahu Research Centre. He is a specialist in leading and developing multi-disciplinary research and development programmes focused on addressing interrelated social, economic, and environmental problems. His research explores the way in which Indigenous and Western cultures shape identity, sense of place, and approaches to social and economic development. John's current research interests are focused on sustainable development within indigenous tribal communities and in fostering novel approaches to development through… -
Associate Professor Jason Paul Mika
Associate Professor Jason Paul Mika
Jason is Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Whakatōhea, Ngāti Kahungunu. He is an associate professor at Te Raupapa Waikato Management School and Te Kotahi Research Institute, University of Waikato, in Hamilton, New Zealand. Jason’s research, teaching, writing, and practice centres on Indigenous business philosophy in multiple sites, sectors, and scales, including Indigenous trade, tourism, agribusiness, and the marine economy. In 2015, Jason completed a PhD in Māori entrepreneurship at Massey University. In 2019, Jason was a Fulbright-Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga senior scholar at Stanford University’s Woods… -
Dr Matthew Rout
Dr Matthew Rout
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