Māori college student from Rotorua, Hastings, and Palmerston North were enthusiastic participants in a series of App Development workshops run by Dr Tiong-Thye Goh at Victoria's Kelburn campus.

Year 9 and Year 10 Māori students from four colleges were enthusiastic participants in a new learning experience when they walked into Victoria's computer labs for a series of App Development workshops last week.

School of Information Management senior lecturer Dr Tiong-Thye Goh organised and ran these workshops as part of the Indigenous Sparks programme, a science engagement initiative aimed at inspiring young Māori through involvement in practical community based projects.

Students from Karamu High School (Hastings), Tu Toa College (Palmerston North), Rotorua Girls College (Rotorua) and Freyburg High School (Palmerston North) are monitoring the health of their local rivers and streams by way of various water chemistry and biological activities.

As part of the PTC River Project, students also create and develop technological and digital tools to assist in the assessment and communication of the data collected.

The workshops were also supported by Te Rōpū Āwhina, and manager Ani Eparaima said it was a successful couple of days interacting, encouraging and inspiring these students who said they were looking forward to developing their apps further when they returned home.

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