Case Study Collaborative
Hōkai Nukurangi
Supporting our community needs: Ki Ora NZ recognises and acknowledges the importance of mātauranga Māori to build cultural confidence and identity, and how, through this, New Zealand can grow its skills and generate innovation and creativity.
Mātauranga Māori is Māori knowledge that is dynamic, building from earliest traditions to future knowledge. Adapting the essence of ‘Hōkai Nukurangi’ by Keri Opai ,Whether traversing (hōkai) the earth (nuku) in body or traversing the sky (rangi) in mind and spirit, a person adapts to different environments, utilising the means and abilities that are appropriate to them.
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common childhood physical disability worldwide. However, prevalence and health needs are not well understood in New Zealand. Emerging data from the NZ Cerebral Palsy Register (NZCPR) suggests health, social and representation inequities for Māori / Pacific and Non Maori children.
Objective: Non-invasive brain-computer interface’s or BCIs uses brain- and bio sensing technology allow people with disabilities to communicate and interact.BCIs, have been used to help quadriplegics regain limited control over their bodies, and to enable veterans who lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan to control artificial ones improving a better way of life.
Aim: A creative culture and a wide range of skills are needed for innovation, societal advancement and sound environmental stewardship for this demographic. A combined collaboration of S.T.E.M professionals guided by a Māori framework, activation activities will take a systems approach and aim to educate Māori / Pacific and Non Maori while collecting comprehensive data to identify and address these inequities on a small cohort in different regions of Aotearoa.
