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May 2026 e-newsletter

June 5, 2026

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 data science in New Zealand's environmental sector.In this newsletter, you’ll&nb...

April 2026 e-newsletter

May 1, 2026

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 data science in New Zealand's environmental sector.In this newsletter, you’ll find:Ne...

March 2026 e-newsletter

March 31, 2026

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 data science in New Zealand's environmental sector.In this newsletter, you’ll find mo...

February e-newsletter 2026

March 8, 2026

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 data science in New Zealand's environmental sector. In this newsletter,&...

January e-newsletter 2026

February 3, 2026

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 data science in New Zealand's environmental sector.In this newsletter, you’ll find:We...

December e-newsletter

December 19, 2025

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 data science in New Zealand's environmental sector.In this newsletter, we wrap up and c...

October e-newsletter

October 23, 2025

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 data science in New Zealand's environmental sector.In this newsletter, you’ll find:De...

Artificial Intelligence for Earth and Environmental Science (AIEES) workshop

October 21, 2025

TAIAO is proud to be hosting a workshop at the Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI) 2025.The workshop (AIEES 2025) explores how artificial intelligence (AI) can transform environmental science. As climate change, biodiversity loss, an...

TAIAO Data and Expertise Help Power Global Finalist Recognition in the World Bank Climate Risk Challenge

August 26, 2025

A project drawing on the TAIAO programme has won international recognition, with the team DelphiQ named grand finalists of the World Bank Climate Risk Challenge, part of the 2025 Global Industry Challenge (GIC). After successfully advancing through all three phases of the co...

Hackathon 2025

August 26, 2025

The 2025 Hackathon was a huge success!

This year's Waikato Hackathon event saw 17 participants across four teams developing a range of innovative AI solutions to real world environmental problems. Team Gallagher were the winning team with their project Recraft AI: Turning Commercial Waste into Community Trea...