Media Release 11 Sep 2024

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Media Release: Māori World First in AI Education – whanau.tv 24/7 Access via free to air television and streaming through smart devices such as TV and mobile devices

For Immediate Release
Date: 11 Sep 2024
Location: Aotearoa, New Zealand

In a groundbreaking development, the Kapai Group, Aotearoa (New Zealand) has achieved a world-first milestone in AI education, offering 24/7 learning access through both smart TVs and mobile devices from whanau.tv. This innovative initiative is designed to empower learners of all ages with educational opportunities right from their lounge, bringing the future of education to the heart of whānau (family) life.

The pioneering project, backed by leading Māori educators and AI experts, harnesses the latest in artificial intelligence to deliver culturally relevant, accessible, and on-demand learning. Through AI integration with everyday devices like smart TVs and mobile phones, learners can engage in personalized, interactive education at any time, fitting seamlessly into their daily lives. This project reflects the enduring Māori principle of ako (learning and teaching), connecting the wisdom of the past with cutting-edge technology.

Generously supported by Kordia, whanau.tv provides a wide range of subjects, from indigenous knowledge to maths, english, and coding fostering holistic education. Whether it’s language learning, cultural studies, or core academic subjects, AI-driven systems adapt to a learner’s pace and style, offering personalized guidance.

“We are excited to lead this global shift in education, enabling Māori to be not just consumers but creators of AI solutions that reflect our unique worldview,” says Paul Ransfield, the Kapai Group founder. “This project ensures intergenerational knowledge thrives in the digital age, while opening up learning pathways for everyone.”

“And, as exciting for us, is being able to support Mandarin language week – using te reo māori as the language of instruction”.

This milestone in AI education marks a new chapter in Aotearoa’s journey toward digital equity, ensuring both Māori and Pākeha communities benefit from and lead in the development of future technologies.

The new content is available:

  1. nationwide from mid night to 6pm Saturday 14 Sept via Freeview Channel 200,

  2. to the Auckland region from Friday 13 Sept via Freeview Channel 197,

  3. or online via https://iuwe.whanau.tv

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For media inquiries, please contact:
Paul Ransfield
founder the kapai group limited
ngāti ruaka, ngāti tū, ngāti hikawera, ngāti tūkorehe, ngāti wehiwehi
Bachelor Chemical and Process Engineering; MBA; ITILv3; Big Data/Blockchain (MIT); Techentrepreneurship (Stanford)
pransfield@kapaigroup.net
021 112 6415

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Open Letter, 11 Sept 2024

Kia ora koutou katoa.

Ngā mihi nui o te wā ki a koutou.

Tuatahi, aue Kīngi Tūheitia, moe mai rā moe mai rā.

Tuarua, for te wiki o te reo māori, as signalled and outlined in the Press Release below, the kapai group will release a innovative suite of te reo māori learning interventions targeting both the smart TV and mobile phone user. The learning context for this set of learning is colour (which supports the intent of āke ake ake).

Included in this is a pop-up TV channel, broadcasting:

  1. Sat 14 Sept, nationwide, midnight to 6pm (18x 1hour scheduled HD educational videos)

  2. Fri 13 Sept - Fri 20 Sept, Auckland regional channel, 24/7 (7 days of 24x 1hour scheduled HD educational videos)

  3. Circa 6,000x 15sec sequenced, scheduled, curriculum aligned a/v learning events, chunked into 2 minute modules, and rendered as 24x 1 hour HD videos

This is possible through the creative use of AI and code to generate HD video. As expected this crashes timelines and existing cost structures while adding diversity.

Tuatoru, for the week beginning Sat 21 Sept, we are expecting to release a similar suite learning interventions to support Mandarin Language week.

Tuawhā, the kapai group would welcome presenting our innovative suite of learning interventions of any of your teams.

We have taken an ecosystem approach with our technology roadmap. As such our ‘enterprise’ technology stack is now both broad and deep (spanning community platforms, mobile apps, SPA’s, code driven content and AI). Beyond both media and tech, we clearly see that a community facing operating model may be a better fit for large globalised learning communities, than ones put forward last century for localised ones (click for ī-ahikā community share model).

I’m comfortable to contend that the kapai group are 2 years ahead of the recently heralded $70m South Korean investment in AI enable public education (click $70m to be injected into AI-powered public education), and learning in the lounge is better placed than the UK’s AI in the classroom.

We have a very small window to add logo’s or tohu to our content before this Friday.

I appreciate that will require nimbleness on both sides of the table.

I look forward to he kānohi ki te kānohi kōrerorero, he kapu tī.

Table 1: 24x 1 hour HD Videos

id video id video
01 hr 00_hr 01.mp4 12 hr 11_hr 12.mp4
02 hr 01_hr 02.mp4 13 hr 12_hr 13.mp4
03 hr 02_hr 03.mp4 14 hr 13_hr 14.mp4
04 hr 03_hr 04.mp4 15 hr 14_hr 15.mp4
05 hr 04_hr 05.mp4 16 hr 15_hr 16.mp4
06 hr 05_hr 06.mp4 17 hr 16_hr 17.mp4
07 hr 06_hr 07.mp4 18 hr 17_hr 18.mp4
08 hr 07_hr 08.mp4 19 hr 18_hr 19.mp4
09 hr 08_hr 09.mp4 20 hr 19_hr 20.mp4
10 hr 09_hr 10.mp4 21 hr 20_hr 21.mp4
11 hr 10_hr 11.mp4 22 hr 21_hr 22.mp4
12 hr 11_hr 12.mp4 23 hr 22_hr 23.mp4

Table 2: 120 Te reo phrases with translations

  1. Ō tātou tae - our colours: set 01_03 | 40_120 phrases

  2. Ō tātou tae - our colours: set 02_03 | 40_120 phrases

  3. Ō tātou tae - our colours: set 03_03 | 40_120 phrases