We will be join by Waitangi Wood (Ngatirua, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Kahu,  Ngāpuhi Nui Tonu, Independent)
and Cecilia Arienti (Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research).

They will present to us a hapū-centric surveillance framework that focuses on the holistic health of the forest.They will talk about the Intelligence Platform, a federated data platform that addresses data sovereignty and solution for sharing biosecurity, surveillance programme they have been involved in.

New Zealand’s surveillance system currently focuses on exotic pests and often overlooks ensuring healthy and resilient environments.

The central investment under this Ngā Rākau Taketake theme is the Mātauranga Māori Framework for Surveillance (MMSF).  This investment elevates the status of the environment into the surveillance system.

The Maori Caucus of TMBC will also update us on the Myrtle Rust surveillance and monitoring project they have been working on.  Myrtle rust is a serious plant pathogen that impacts New Zealand taonga native species such as pōhutukawa, mānuka, kānuka, rātā, swamp maire and ramarama. It also impacts exotic plant species such as feijoa and guava and eucalyptus.