Full Name
Moka Apiti
Job Title
Director
District/Organization
Digital Navigators Ltd
Speaker Bio
Moka is the Chairman and Treaty Claims Manager for Te Runanganui of Ngati Hikairo, and a Technical Advisor for Waikato Tainui on the Iwi Leaders Data Forum. Moka was the Technical Advisor for Te Arawa, Ngati Porou, and Te Taitokerau for the Maori Land Service Project in 2017. Moka is a Google Earth Outreach Trainer and is on the Google Education Advisory Board which consists of international digital technology experts who advise Google and deliver technology training internationally. Moka works with Massey University to deliver GIS workshops as part of the Puhoro Academy STEM programme. Moka has held roles as the Chair of Te Kaahui Manu Hookai – the National Maori GIS Association, a Director of HistoryWorks Ltd, a Director of Te Potiki Trust, and Moka was the GIS Advisor for the US Agency for International Development stationed in Iraq in 2008.