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Tūhono│Connect

These recordings were made during Privacy Week, which was 12-16 May 2025. You can also find them (and previous years) on our YouTube channel

Title of presentation with link to recording Speaker(s) Downloadable file(s)

Māori data privacy: Time to take it seriously

Tahu Kukutai, Professor, University of Waikato

Jesse Porter, Senior Advisor Privacy at Oranga Tamariki

Download Jesse's slides (opens to PDF, 265KB).

Privacy in the Age of New Tech: The Australia-New Zealand Regulatory Landscape

Adrian J. Carter, Governance and Strategy Lead at Headliners

Monica Carter, Strategic Operations Specialist at Headliners

Download Adrian and Monica's slides (opens to PDF, 9.1 MB).

Presentation resource pack:

A Comparative Study - Privacy and AI Governance across regions (PNG, 651KB)

Algorithm Impact Assessment guide - Algorithm Charter for Aotearoa New Zealand (opens to PDF, 1.1MB)

Biometric vulnerabilities Report - Europol (opens to PDF, 5.2MB)

European Parliament Briefing (2020) - Is Data The New Oil (opens to PDF, 942KB)

Indigenous Peoples Rights In Data (PNG, 177KB)

New Zealand Cyber Security Strategy (opens to PDF, 2.5MB)

New Zealand Privacy Principles - A quick tour (opens to PDF, 178KB)

Proposals paper for introducing mandatory guardrails for AI in high risk settings (opens to PDF, 1.2MB)

Security Standards for Smart Devices - Australian Cyber Security Act 2024 (opens to PDF, 853KB)

The Radical ROI of Gen AI Report (opens to PDF, 8.6MB)

Navigating the Health Information Privacy Code 2020 in the Context of Research Ethics Applications

Dana Wensley, Head of Research Ethics, University of Auckland

Download Dana's slides (opens to PDF, 2.5MB).

AI and Privacy: The Foundation You Can't Ignore

Sarah Heal, Chief Executive Officer, Information Leadership

Download Sarah's slides (opens to PDF, 3.7MB).

Read Sarah's answers to the Q&A from her session.

Proportionality in Biometrics & Beyond – Striking the Right Balance in Privacy Compliance

Paul Holmes, Managing Director, INFO by Design

Download Paul's slides (opens to PDF, 1.2MB).

Back to the Future: What have we learned from two years of popular AI tools?

James Ting-Edwards, Senior Policy Advisor at the Office of the Privacy Commissioner

Andrew Chen, Chief Advisor: Technology Assurance at New Zealand Police

Download James and Andrew's slides (opens to PDF, 2.8MB).

Privacy considerations when using the information sharing provisions of section 66C of the Oranga Tamariki Act

Jesse Porter, Senior Privacy Advisor at Oranga Tamariki

Download Jesse's slides (opens to PDF, 648KB).

IPP3A – discussing the indirect notification requirement coming soon to the Privacy Act

Steph Gregor, Capability and Guidance Manager at the Office of the Privacy Commissioner

Download Steph's slides (opens to PDF, 2.2MB).

Privacy and the Media

CONTENT WARNING - this webinar recording includes details of a case about a victim of an assault and may be distressing to some people. Proceed with care.

Stacey Wood, Chief Executive, Broadcasting Standards Authority

Download Stacey's slides (opens to PDF, 540KB).

Deceived by Design Part II: The Impact of Dark Patterns on Consent and Privacy

Alex Beattie, Lecturer in Media & Communications

Download Alex's slides (opens to PDF, 1.8MB).

Trust Over Tactics: Embedding Privacy into Everyday Property Management

Sarina Gibbon, Tenancy Specialist

Download Sarina's slides (opens to PDF, 616KB).

Owning Me, Owning You - how private companies acquire rights in our most intimate data

Dr Andelka Phillips, Technology Law specialist, academic researcher

Download Andelka's slides (opens to PDF, 2.5MB).

Private by design - how to bake privacy and security into thinking about, building and creating software.

Jim Rush, Senior Security Consultant

Download Jim's slides (opens to PDF, 1.4MB).

Enhancing your online privacy - tips to stay safer online

Michael des Tombe Chief Legal Adviser at Netsafe

Download Michael's slides (opens to PDF, 1.9MB).

Privacy on Purpose in AI Governance: Balancing Innovation and Protection

Dr Marcin Betkier, AI governance and privacy expert, betkier.com

Download Marcin's slides (opens to PDF, 369 KB).

The Government is Local – The Privacy is global

Alex Robertson, Compliance Officer at the Office of the Privacy Commissioner

Steph Gregor, Capability & Guidance Manager at the Office of the Privacy Commissioner

Download Alex and Steph's slides (opens to PDF, 1.1MB).

From Playtime to Profiling: How Biometric Tech is Shaping Children’s Digital Lives

Annette Mills, Professor of Information Systems, member of the Children’s Working Group of the Privacy Foundation NZ


Rebecca Hawkins, member of the Children’s Working Group of the Privacy Foundation NZ

Download Annette and Rebecca's slides (opens to PDF, 2.2MB).

Hear from John Edwards, UK Information Commissioner

John Edwards, UK Information Commissioner

There were no slides for this talk.

Privacy Officers Role: Getting Ahead of Risks Before They Become Breaches

Dr Marcin Betkier, AI governance and privacy expert

Laura Rodriguez, Privacy Professional and Senior Compliance Officer

Download Marcin and Laura's slides (opens to PDF, 2.1MB).

Answering your questions about Māori data sovereignty

Ernestynne Walsh, Māori data service lead at Nicholson Consulting

Chris Cormack, Kaihuawaere Matihiko at Catalyst IT

Liz MacPherson, Deputy Privacy Commissioner will moderate this session.

There were no slides for this talk.