Digital Twin Digital Twin Te Ihu o Mataoho utilises digital twin technology to more deeply understand the state of the natural waterways and the current water infrastructure systems in order to better service and to support the growth of a papakāinga development at Ihumaatao. Te Ihu Mataoho

About this project

Content for new DIGITAL TWINS project Page Digital Twin Te Ihu o Mataoho utilises digital twin technology to more deeply understand the state of the natural waterways and the current water infrastructure systems in order to better service and to support the growth of a papakāinga development at Ihumaatao.

In collaboration with Te Ahiwaru and Nextspace (platform providers), the digital twin Te Ihu o Mataoho project led by Dr Jenny Lee – Morgan offers the potential for importan t knowledge be represented and visualised in powerful ways that are accessible and connected to the community.

The creation of a digital twin through its ability to centralise, co – ordinate and improve availability of information will be invaluable to Te Ah iwaru in their continued land development and at a broad level, the expression of tino rangatiratanga over their whenua and wai.
See current projects

Key Insights

Coming soon

Research Aim

Our vision for Generation Kāinga focuses on enabling rangatahi to transform the future of kāinga through indigenous collective and participatory processes of reimagination, resilience and regeneration so that Aotearoa is ‘the best place in the world’ for rangatahi and their whānau
to live.

Our Research Team

Maia Ratana

(Waikato, Te Ahiwaru, Ngāti Mahuta)

Jacqueline Paul

(Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga)

Hanna-Marie Monga

(Ngāti Whātua, Te Uri o Hau, Cook Islands)

Ngahuia Eruera

(Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tūhoe, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Tamatera)

(Waikato, Te Ahiwaru, Ngāti Mahuta)

Maia Ratana

is a kaupapa Māori researcher in Māori housing, sustainable and innovative housing design, homelessness and equity in tertiary education. She is also a lecturer at the Unitec School of Architecture, a PhD student at AUT, and a māmā!

(Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga)

Jacqueline Paul

is a researcher and rangatahi leader with a background in landscape architecture and urban planning. She has a Masters from the University of Cambridge, and is currently a PhD student in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US.

(Ngāti Whātua, Te Uri o Hau, Cook Islands)

Hanna-Marie Monga

is an Architectural graduate and Research Assistant in the ‘Rangatahi ki te Kāinga’ research project, and rangatahi leader in housing research.

(Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tūhoe, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Tamatera)

Ngahuia Eruera

brings a wealth of business solutions and operational management expertise from her background and senior leadership roles in sports, tertiary education (Wānanga) and research sectors. A home-grown ‘pa’ girl she is passionate about whānau wellbeing and hauora Māori, in particular marae development. She is currently a board member of the Auckland Mataatua Society Inc and Te Tini o Toi Housing Trust.

Other Team Members

Nicola Short,
Gary Te Young,
Cullen Te Young,
Sophia Olo – Whaanga (Technical Advisor – Te Ahiwaru Environmental Scientist),
Stephen Lee (Technical Advisor – Civil Engineer (Water)

Research Funders

logo_TeAhiwaru

Funders

logo_BuildingBetterHomes

More Projects