 Imi, tina kia koutou. Ka tāi mai, anonga topi to te ao, kia koutou o ku whānau no te ropū kawa kawa o koutou no piri piri me koutou ngā whānau hou no kopa kopa kopa kaiti mihi atu kia koutou. Anon. Wau jar koutyu j하기 i profesionis ni m′ки i di iaart. Ano mhera. Josj al grei nenau bee kia i sainu, rangat pa biazikt kpie blokchainuotto anulim pili panpo to blokchainu harma Elizabeth הכiboto kai i aunga a burning aur, te huñ啊 kab sta Shadow raha i ā dotia ndat aunga tri如 te aaakamsa biazer cakro betis o dim le wapol ata valwitchya chapa gapada kannstu pilipson I think one of the key things to talk about is a bit about the journey which was this time last year I got up in front of our whānau and said I want to create an indigenous cryptocurrency called Indigicoin. I have to mihi to Aaron McDonald because I always say it was the trip between Waikū back to Auckland city where I said to the brother, hey look I really want us as Māori to start to reclaim our money situation, our economic system and also be part of this blockchain journey in a way where we're not far, far behind. So if you can imagine blockchain and what it seems to be or says nothing, I went on a big, big journey and going down a whole bunch of rabbit holes. Which is interesting because a couple of weeks ago we then won the BlockHack hackathon and I say it's interesting because despite the journey that we went on and I started off with Indigicoin we actually landed where we should and that is Whakapapa. Whakapapa is important because that is our genealogy and I have this beautiful marae Waiwhetu up because these are the repositories of our knowledge. These are the places where our people share our information which is primarily orally based inside of our carvings and our artwork but also I met a beautiful sister called Mikayla Jade from Australia who said actually indigenous people have been doing decentralized information sharing since way back and this is a picture of Tasmania and if you see these little squares, these little blocks, these are pieces of information that each tribe, tribal person held and every year they would come back together and have their singing festivals and in those processes they would bring together as a collective their knowledge and their information. So I want to say actually we can lay claim to the fact that we were the OG inventors of blockchain. But in saying that what is the problem that we're facing, there are three things. One, traditional knowledge is at risk of being lost and forgotten. Our knowledge of Whakapapa is so sacred and therefore people are feeling comfortable about digitizing that information. It's something that we're still needing to work through and also the importance to say that even if you digitize Whakapapa, the whole process of learning and understanding our culture must be earned. So you can't just get it online and that's it. What is your contribution back to your people as well? So that's a really big call that's come from our validation so far. So who is this for? This is my whanau. My whanau are a perfect example of being disconnected from our tribal homelands and also a result of post-World War I coming into the cities and not knowing our Whakapapa. But the other key uses of this potential technology would be tribes. So they need to know who are the people that are putting forth their whakapapa. Are they who they say they are? Can they easily and accurately identify who you are? Is this a way that we can stay connected to our culture? And also can we utilize blockchain as a way to communicate with our whanau and our whanau can actually customize the kinds of communications that come from the tribe as well? So we've gone around, we've spoke to a whole group of people who say yes, blockchain or most importantly the way that we can utilize technology to better communicate and connect with one another is a good idea. And so I want to introduce Aho. Aho means I am. And the beautiful element of Aho is really this is our pataka or a storehouse of knowledge. It's built with Māori values and the whole purpose is to help our people connect with who you are and what you do. And I'm saying we because it's not just for Māori. In fact if you want to stay connected to your genealogy in a way that is safe and secure this particular product will be for you as well. So ultimately we want you to take control and ownership of your data and we want you to be able to share it with who you want, how you want in a way that suits you. And so we've already started this week on Monday. I just want my brothers here are Ben, if you can stand up, Ben, Tairia and Sam. We just give them a big clap. These are our two coders who are actually building this beautiful thing inside the centrality incubator. So I'm going to be sending all of you kodi people to my other kodi people over here to have that conversation because they're going to be building Aho with the support of centrality and we're really, really grateful. And so just focusing in on the benefit of this relationship. I'm really grateful to centrality for supporting us and building this particular concept. Auckland and Edinburgh universities who are very interested in supporting us. The team from Inspiral Dev Academy because as Josh said we're way behind. Well if we're way behind as New Zealanders where does that put Māori, Pacifica and migrant people. So we want to make sure that we can actually get the training out to our region so our whānau aren't just users of a service but we're actually engineering, managing and controlling the service as well. So we've got a pretty amazing team. Again Kaupapa Māori values. But of course we've got to keep ourselves safe culturally. So I'm really grateful that I've been able to ask for the support of the likes of Riki Rangi Gage on Te Whānau Apanui, Richard Jones who's from Rangitāne and also Te Arawa but also the head of Poutama. Theresa Tepinea Ashton who's in the whānau kopa kopa. Hōtūroa Kua who's a master navigator. Mike Taitoko who's a data genius. And also Dr Manuka Henare from Auckland University to ensure that we are doing what we need to keep our people and our sacred knowledge safe. So again Māori owned, designed and delivered and also in alignment with Te Kanga Māori. So impact again this is about us controlling our information, ensuring that we have secure storage. There are some possibilities around governance and communications but in the future this is just the starting point. And so just briefly because I've got 15 seconds left, we'll be building on the plug blockchain. We'll be utilising the single source which is still under development to build this particular data. But in future this particular interface will then be able to provide the platform for how we manage our land, the way that we manage our health data, voting, education. And of course I get to my indigicoan at the end so I'm really happy about that. So finally I just want to say the importance of engaging our rangatahi as well. So we have the Māori Collective which is a group of rangatahi to support us on our journey. And finally my ask to you is how can you help us? We're interested in forging strong relationships with you and we're interested in you bringing your knowledge to our communities through training. Of course I'd love investment so this is a great ask and an opportunity but wait until it's built we'll come back out to you then. I mean also I did say to Ben you know I'd really like people to hack the shit out of this because I want to make sure that this is safe. And Ben said well actually you don't ask that question upfront you do that on the quiet but with that in mind if we do have people that would support us in trying to break it because if we're going to be going hand over heart to our people to talk about this platform and how awesome it is it needs to be safe and secure. So I want the best brains in the world you to help us with what we're doing. Ngorere Hoama, thank you very much. If you want more information aho.io which is as the Māori's in the room will understand the relevance of that but aho.io So if you want to know more information and get in contact with us, wai amai.