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Kaitiakitanga (Māori Guardianship and Active Protection) and Environmental Governance in the Age of AI: A study of AI governance in Aotearoa New Zealand

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Songze Wu
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2026
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Lund University

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While AI can offer powerful predictive capabilities to facilitate environmental management, its rapid and often uncritical adoption risks instigating a new wave of "digital colonialism" by commodifying Indigenous environmental data and traditional knowledge. Drawing on the Governance Analytical Framework, Marxist political ecology, and decolonial theory, I examine current international and domestic AI governance and three applied AI case studies in climate adaptation and conservation in Aotearoa New Zealand. My findings highlight significant structural friction between state-mandated, individualistic data protection frameworks and the collective, sovereignty-based proposals of the Māori Data Governance Model and the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance. To counter extractive data practices and the looming socio-economic risks of techno-feudalism, the study offers three key takeaways for future AI governance: increase wider governance participation and actors’ accountabilities; clarify actors’ responsibilities and reserve the right to protective actions; and deepen understanding of AI risks and trade-offs for continuous management.

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Songze Wu. Kaitiakitanga (Māori Guardianship and Active Protection) and Environmental Governance in the Age of AI: A study of AI governance in Aotearoa New Zealand. 2026. https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-cbf27e398182f3ceac897bb4654ebecf/

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Songze Wu. (2026). Kaitiakitanga (Māori Guardianship and Active Protection) and Environmental Governance in the Age of AI: A study of AI governance in Aotearoa New Zealand. https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-cbf27e398182f3ceac897bb4654ebecf/
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Songze Wu. Kaitiakitanga (Māori Guardianship and Active Protection) and Environmental Governance in the Age of AI: A study of AI governance in Aotearoa New Zealand. 2026. https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-cbf27e398182f3ceac897bb4654ebecf/
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Songze Wu. Kaitiakitanga (Māori Guardianship and Active Protection) and Environmental Governance in the Age of AI: A study of AI governance in Aotearoa New Zealand. 2026. https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-cbf27e398182f3ceac897bb4654ebecf/

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