INSPIRE CURIOUSITY & CREATIVITY

HOW DO WE GROW THE MĀORI

INNOVATION PIPELINE?

HOW DO WE GET MORE

MĀORI INTO BUSINESS

& INNOVATING

COMMERCIALLY?

THE CHALLENGE

Hemi Rolleston GM, Māori Economy Callaghan Innovation

THE CHALLENGE

Darren Bean, Deputy CE, NZQA

* Māori enrolled in Science, technology, engineering & maths

THE CHALLENGE

Koa Douglas, Principal

Te Wharekura o Mauao HOW DO WE GROW MĀORI

ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENCE &

TECHNOLOGY IN A WAY

THAT EMBRACES

OUR REO & TIKANGA?

TAMARIKI INVESTMENT:

Kumikumi Trust agreed to invest $500 K* in

Te Wharekura o Mauao to increase their focus on STEM, Innovation, & Technology ...

* The Trust decided to forgo divs over 10 y @ $50 K p/a

THE SOLUTION - A Pilot

Expose 12 Wharekura kids

To Entrepreneurs, Coders,

Hackers, Maker Spaces,

and Scientists in

Silicon Valley & Stanford Connect them via a Stanford

Grad/Business woman

Funded by a Māori Trust

Coordinated by NZ

Government Agencies

THE PROGRAM DESIGNER Anne Gibbon, Former Naval Officer, Stanford Graduate, Design Thinking Expert

Anne volunteered her time and contacts to organise a Stanford / Silicon Valley

program for Wharekura students.

HIGHLIGHTS

Saumitra Thaker President of College 100 A network that pairs emerging leaders from the tech world, with current world leaders.

Girls LOVE Science

Two Stanford Health Researchers into Cardiovascular illnesses talked about their careers. When they finished they asked the girls, who would like to be a scientist....

ALL NINE GIRLS RAISED THEIR HANDS

Most people would describe me as constantly excited and extremely curious. I'm passionate about merging the arts and sciences, and currently interested in biomimetic materials and microfluidics for improved material research. I'm a Macgyver as well. I can build a microfluidic chip in the clean room in the morning and make a set of lab benches in the woodshop come evening..

Be curious Ask questions Be confident Speak your truth

Be inquisitive Be positive Do not fear speaking up You are unique and valuable

NOISEBRIDGE HACKER SPACE – INTRODUCTION TO BASIC ELECTRONICS, CIRCUITS & ARDUINO

Craig Elliot – CE of Pertino, Mountain View, San Fran

Serial entrepreneur

Was once Steve Job’s best Sales man

Used to live in Queenstown

Advisor to NZTE

On the Board of NZ tech companies, Xero and Magic Moments

Now has a number of tech start ups

THE CRUCIABLE IS A MAKER SPACE – THESE ARE PLACES WHERE STUFF IS MADE WITH YOUR HANDS OR WITH TOOLS – WHERE WE ENCOURAGE KIDS TO LEARN THE OLD TRADES LIKE WELDING, WOOD WORK, GLASS WORK....HANDIWORK