At Te Tira Whakamātaki, we recognise the value of new technologies, from AI to GMOs, in planning and operationalising our biosecurity and other environmental activities. Yet we hear from our network and collaborators that so much research is fraught with logistical, ethical, financial and governance demands that always seem to fall on individuals who spend their Tuesday nights in draughty church halls with six other people trying to respond to the latest emergency that has hit their community. Read our statement on Artificial Intelligence here.