Please note: As of 1 July 2025, the New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science (PHF Science) is the new name for the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR). Articles and information published before this date may reference the organisation's former name.
This year ESR partnered with Matatā based iwi Ngāti Rangitihi and 3D visualisation experts, Blue Cube Consulting to co-develop a virtual marae visualisation platform named Te Rererunga (the ‘fly over’). This was a prototype Cultural Heritage Visualisation service with the idea of efficiently recording marae in order to create a “walk-through” 3D visualisation where history would be tagged to provide a complete archival record.