Tā mātau mahi
He whānui te mahi a te Kaitohutohu Mātanga Pūtaiao Matua ki te Pirimia (KMPMKTP). Ko te arotahi matua ko te tohutohu i te Pirimia mō te āhua o te whāngai kōrero a te pūtaiao ki ngā whakatau tikanga pai i Aotearoa.
Ko tā te KMPMKTP he:
- tuku tohutohu rautaki puta noa i ngā rāngai, ā, kāore i te whai ki te whakaawe i ngā take whakahaere, pūtea rānei i roto i te pūnaha pūtaiao;
- takawaenga e wātea ana ki te katoa i waenga i te hapori pūtaiao me te kāwanatanga;
- tuku tohutohu mō ngā take tauwhāiti, ki te Pirimia, ētahi atu Minita rānei;
- whai wāhanga ki te whakapiki i te mōhio ki te pūtaiao i Aotearoa;
- āwhina kia wātea ake te pūtaiao ki te iwi whānui; me te
- tuitui taura here i tāwāhi me ngā kaitohutohu pūtaiao me ngā pūkenga whakaaro o te ao.
He motuhake te KMPMKTP, ā, ehara i te kaimahi nā te Kāwanatanga. Nō reira e āhei ana ia ki te whakaputa i ōna whakaaro mō ngā take hira.
E pūmau ana te KMPMKTP ki te āta whakahaere i ngā take whai taha-rua, ka makere mai i ngā kopounga poari me ngā tūranga kaiārahi katoa i Aotearoa, ā, kāore e tono mō ngā pūtea rangahau i Aotearoa i te wā e mahi ana rātau.
Tohutohu
He rōpū whāiti tō te KMPMKTP e tuku whakaaturanga ā-pūtaiao ki te Pirimia hei whāngai kōrero ki te kaupapa a te kāwanatanga. Ka āwhina te KMPMKTP i ngā Minita o Te Rūnanga Kāwanatanga me ngā tono mō ngā tohutohu pūtaiao
Ngā tohutohu ōkawa
Ka taea ēnei te tuku mā ngā āhuatanga rerekē e toru:
- Ina urupare ana ki tētahi tono kōkau, matatapu i ētahi wā – ā-tinana, ki te Pirimia tonu, ki ngā Minita rānei.
- Ina urupare ana ki tētahi tono mai i te Pirimia, ngā Minita rānei – he reta ōkawa e whai ana i tētahi tirohanga poto o ngā tuhituhinga poto mō tētahi take e kaingākautia ana. He tikanga tere te reta hei tuku tohutohu me te tirotiro i tētahi take hei rangahau whānui pea a tōna wā.
- He pūrongo matawhānui. Ko te tikanga ka tere wātea tūmatanui mai tēnei, ā, tērā pea:
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- Ka kōkiritia e te KMPMKTP me te whakaae a te Pirimia
- Ka kōkiritia e te Pirimia i roto i te mahere mahi matua
- Ka whakahautia hei tētahi kaupapa motuhake e tētahi Minita
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Ngā Tohutohu Kōkau
I tua atu i tēnei, kei reira ngā ‘take nui’ ka ara ake nā te tere o te rerekē haere o te wāhanga rangahau, tētahi take tūmatanui rānei. Ka mātirotiro haere tonu te tari i ēnei take, ā, ka whakaputa i ngā whakamāramatanga mōhiohio mā te iwi whānui. I te nuinga o te wā ka tukuna atu ēnei ki te paetukutuku i muri i te tukutuku ki te Pirimia me ngā Minita hāngai, i runga i te tikanga kia kaua e hunahuna kōrero.
Mahere mahi
Ka āta mātirotirohia e mātau ngā wāhanga katoa o te pūtaiao, ka tuku whakamārama atu mō ā mātau kaupapa matua i roto i te wā ki te Pirimia. Ka karoa e mātau ngā kaupapa ka whiti atu ki ētahi atu kaituku tohutohu pūtaiao – hei tauira, te Kaikōmihana a te Pāremata mō te Taiao. E kapitia ana ētahi take nui i raro.
Toitūtanga
In 2019 we completed our first major report: Rethinking Plastics in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Read the ‘Rethinking Plastics’ report
Ngā ture mō ngā hangarau iranga
In 2019, the Royal Society Te Apārangi released a comprehensive report on gene editing. Juliet provided commentary on the report for the Prime Minister.
Read Juliet’s briefing to the PM (PDF, 1020KB)
Ngā tohutohu pūtaiao i roto i ngā ohotata
This is a developing focus in conjunction with Dr Gill Jolly and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Juliet also sits on the Hazard Risk Board.
In 2019 we provided advice after the Christchurch mosque shootings.
Read the Christchurch mosque briefing (PDF, 376KB)
We also supported the response to the 2019 Whakaari/White Island eruption.
Tōkeke, kanorautanga me te whakaurunga i roto i te pūtaiao
This is a major focus for 2019 and 2020, addressed by a collection of intern projects – including two that are Tairāwhiti-based. In 2019, we facilitated a series of hui focused on increasing Māori – and especially Māori rangatahi – participation in STEAM. This culminated in a special hui with Hon Dr Megan Woods, Minister of Research, Science and Innovation.
5G
We provided accessible information for the public at the request of the Prime Minister and Hon Kris Faafoi, Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media.
Parenga āraimoroiti
A global public health emergency, pathogens are rapidly evolving resistance to antimicrobial drugs such as antibiotics.
Huringa āhuarangi
We provide informal advice on request, e.g. on targets in the 2019 Zero Carbon Bill.
Te whakaturetanga o te rauhea
This is an active project in 2019–2020. We are producing a public-facing summary of the evidence of harm reduction on legalisation of cannabis.
Te urutau ki te ōhanga kore waro
Renewable energy is a focus of several small intern projects aligned with the office.
Ngā inenga taiao me te pou tarāwaho oranga
We are currently scoping a project for discussion with the Prime Minister in 2020, currently titled ‘The future of fishing: How might science and big data support our industries?‘
Hinengaro hori
Artificial intelligence technology has many opportunities and implications for Aotearoa New Zealand. We are currently scoping projects on equity and education for discussion with the Prime Minister in the second half of 2020.
Te ipurangi me te oranga
We are scoping a possible project for discussion with the Prime Minister for late 2020, titled ‘How is pornography influencing relationships for young kiwis?
Ngā tohutohu pūtaiao motuhake ki Paerewa Aotearoa
We provide advice as required at the request of Hon Kris Faafoi, Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.
Ngā matatika raraunga
Juliet chairs the Data Ethics Advisory Group, supported by Stats NZ.
Ngā hangarau tairongo
Juliet sits on the Sensitive Technologies Working Group, chaired by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and the Defence Technology Advisory Board.
Te anamata o te kai
Food, especially protein, is an important area from both public health and climate change perspectives. This topic relates to several workstreams across government but is not currently prioritised in our office.