Saturday, June 20, 2009

Goals 31-44: - - - > have FUN along the way

Goals 31 - 44: FUN!!

  1. Holiday in Hawai'i
  2. Bungy Jump
  3. Walk the Route Burn Track
  4. Walk the Milford Track
  5. Walk the Tongariro Crossing
  6. Make an acoustic guitar
  7. Learn one latin dance
  8. Learn to waltz properly
  9. Write 5 poems
  10. Enter a short story contest
  11. Do a Close combat course
  12. Fire a hand-gun!!
  13. Learn how to use Sai
  14. Write 4 short stories of 5000 words each towards my novel

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Goals 51-58: - - - > Learn something new

  1. Complete the 8 ESRI training modules for ArcGIS (0/8)
  2. Write 4 academic articles on Indigenous Cartography/GIS (0/4)
  3. Submit these 4 articles to refereed International journals (0/4)
  4. Deliver a paper/workshop at a mapping/GIS conference (1/1) DONE
  5. Attend an Indigenous mapping conference (1/1) DONE
  6. Secure 3 mapping contracts (0/3)
  7. Learn to use Photoshop to enhance my websites & blogs!!
  8. Learn 100 new English words!


Naaku noa
Hauiti

Thursday, June 4, 2009

GOAL 54: Deliver a paper/workshop at a mapping/GIS conference (1/1)


Kia ora ano tatou!

I am attending the Indigenous Mapping Conference in Green Bay, Wisconsin from June 13 - June 16th!

Here is the agenda: http://indigenousmapping.net/conference-overview/agenda.html

I speak on Monday 15 June

naaku noa
24retoa (Hauiti)


UPDATE:
Ra Mere 19 Matariki
On Monday 15 following the opening ceremony, i gave my presentation at the Indigenous Mapping Conference:

Topic: Mapping the heavens and the earth: Spatial Technology & the Maori Worldview

I broke my presentation down into 4 sections
  1. Kaupapa Maori Rangahau
  2. Maori Worldview
  3. Mapping Moteatea
  4. Mapping oral traditions
Spoke fluidly for around 1.5 hours, then took questions!!

Naaku noa
Hauiti


Update #2

Friday 19th Matariki
I spoke at the Menominee Reservation along with Mal Ridges. We were treated to a tour of their Forest, their Timber Mill & their Logging Museum where we spoke. I adjusted my original presentation adding more visuals which really gave me alot more opportunity to adlib - had a great time on the res!!

http://www.menominee-nsn.gov/


Naaku noa
Hauiti