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Environmental Services
A custom IoT AI camera solution for remote monitoring where power, connectivity, access and environmental conditions make standard systems unsuitable.
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Environmental Services
Final testing is complete for an in-house marine IoT platform integrating water-quality sensors, underwater camera footage and onboard lighting.
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Environmental Services
MĀKI exhibited at Freshwater Conference 2025, sharing autonomous boat, ROV, mapping and monitoring capabilities with councils, researchers and environmental scientists.
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Environmental Services
MĀKI completed a topo-bathymetry survey at Aotea Harbour for Ōtorohanga District Council using RTK bathymetry and drone photogrammetry.
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Environmental Services
MĀKI collaborated with Waikato Regional Council to deploy MĀKI Boat V2 for autonomous water-quality monitoring and sampling during algae bloom events.
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News
MĀKI was featured in a national Newsroom story following Fieldays 2025 — spotlighted among innovative enterprises contributing to New Zealand's rural sector development.
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Environmental Services
In recent years, bathymetry mapping has emerged as an essential tool for settling pond management — allowing owners and operators to evaluate operations effectively, saving both time and resources.
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Environmental Services
In March 2024, MĀKI partnered with the Waikato Regional Council on a pioneering autonomous water quality data collection initiative during a hazardous algae bloom event.
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Environmental Services
MĀKI is now contracted to conduct lakes bathymetric mapping for the Waikato Regional Council, using in-house autonomous boats to efficiently and accurately gather data from the region's lakes.
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Environmental Services
The MĀKI team conducted field trials at Lake Ngaroto using a new CHIRP MEGA SI GPS scanner mounted on an inflatable e-kayak — producing comprehensive bathymetric mapping, 3D models and side-scan imagery.
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