Te Kaahurewa: Drones in Māori environmental strategies

Te Tai Ao - Natural Environment

Environment

Year Project Commenced :

2016

Internship project

Massey University

Intern: Jovan Mokaraka-Harris

Supervisor: Wendy Henwood

SHORE & Whariki Reseach Centre

College of Health, Massey University

This summer internship project uses Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS – ‘drone’) technologies to record images within the Tapuwae block. The purpose of this research is to examine future possibilities of cultural mapping, observe environmental links and monitoring environmental change.

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