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An initiative supported by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), TAIAO is committed to promoting and facilitating the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and data science in New Zealand's environmental sector. 

Recognising that good data is essential to research, understand, and set policy for effective management of our natural environment, the team at TAIAO are working to develop new machine learning methods that are tailored to process environmental data gathered from our New Zealand context.

TAIAO uses AI models to analyse vast amounts of historical and real-time data, and identify patterns to predict future trends, such as extreme weather events. Through this mahi, we aim to break barriers by enhancing industry capability, and pioneer new machine learning methods to process vast amounts of data in real-time to meet today's pressing demands.

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Highlights from the Environmental Data Science and AI Summit

On Monday, 19 August TAIAO hosted its first-ever Environmental Data Science and AI Summit at Victoria University of Wellington. Speakers from some of Aotearoa New Zealand’s top research institutesRead more

Environmental Data Science and AI Summit

Join us at Victoria University of Wellington on 19 August 2024 (Monday) for an engaging day filled with talks, workshops, and networking opportunities centered on the intersection ofRead more

Hackathon 2024

We’re delighted to be supporting the AI Hackathon 2024 in Waikato and Canterbury on 8 and 9 August 2024. Registrations are now open! Join us at the University of Waikato or the University ofRead more

TAIAO Newsletter: 2023 Wrapped

Closing out 2023, changes to Aotearoa New Zealand’s climate were more apparent than ever, with major weather events shaking the country, such as the Northland flash flooding and Cyclone Gabrielle.Read more

TAIAO Workshop 2023 - Recordings

The TAIAO Workshop 2023 took place a month ago (time really does fly!), and we want to express our heartfelt appreciation to all those who attended and presented at this year's TAIAO projectRead more

TAIAO Newsletter - Upcoming Events

As an initiative supported by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), TAIAO is committed to promoting and facilitating the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and dataRead more

A year in review

We’ve been able to host workshops and national events, propose exciting new research and bring environmental and data researchers together to share and collaborate on their work. With ChristmasRead more

Wildlife identification App launched

A group of New Zealand researchers have developed the first comprehensive New Zealand-specific species classifier through Artificial Intelligence (AI). Members of the TAIAO project at theRead more

Algal Bloom Detection using a Machine Learning Approach

University of Auckland computer science PhD student Olivier (Oli) Graffeuille has developed a novel machine learning algorithm which can lead to precise estimates from satellite imagery on the quantiRead more

Artificial intelligence used to predict the impacts of future flooding events

It is being developed as part of the TAIAO project and will be one of only a handful of systems in operation in New Zealand using artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning to predict floods and tRead more

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