The following are some sample suggestions for group projects.

EXAMPLE 1: HORTICULTURAL EXPORTING
Groups could be:

• surveying the factors influencing suitability of a crop species for development as a product for export to a discriminating market;
• investigating consumer needs and preferences for taste, aesthetics, presentation, organic production, cost-barriers;
• identifying the packaging and micro-environmental requirements for optimal export quality;
• planning and carrying through a production and marketing system for a horticultural export product;
• providing consumer information and point-of-sale information;
• researching changes in tastes for, and attitudes to, products and responding to them.

EXAMPLE 2: TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH
Groups could be:

• surveying the use of technologies in a range of health delivery systems;
• identifying Maori and other attitudes to these uses;
• analysing a continuum of attitudes to technology in health care, ranging from "low-" to "high-" tech;
• investigating the principles which underlie various approaches to health care, such as holistic healing, natural therapies, microsurgery;
• developing a product based on natural materials, such as seaweeds, to meet a health need;
• planning an information system to monitor health service delivery;
• producing informational material for a specific audience about an important development in health technology.

EXAMPLE 3: ROBOTICS
Groups could be:

• investigating successful applications of a robotic arm interfaced with a control system;
• analysing new applications for specific users, such as people with disabilities;
• discussing with local kaumàtua the concept of using robotics to produce carving patterns or assist in food preparation;
• planning, producing, and testing prototypes for different purposes to investigate the sequencing and ease of control;
• producing an illustrated report to show the articulation and performance of the prototype;
• planning final production;
• analysing the impact on an individual or workplace of introducing a robot to undertake certain tasks.

EXAMPLE 4: REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Groups could be:

• investigating, questioning, and describing the uses of technology for fertility, ante-natal monitoring, survival of premature babies, genetic selection of animals, genetic disease diagnosis;
• investigating and developing reports on community views on reproductive technologies;
• planning and producing diagrammatic explanations of these technologies;
• producing information on options for birth control, designed for different cultural groups;
• debating the issues of embryonic technology and the impacts of these on people's life decisions;
• establishing ethical guidelines for recording genetic information.

EXAMPLE 5: WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS
Groups could be:

• presenting an analysis of current waste disposal systems in the local authority area, including industrial and integrated home-based systems;
• identifying options for large-scale application of household systems;
• investigating priorities for action;
• preparing feasibility studies for presentation to groups as part of consultation;
• evaluating environmental, health, social, and economic impacts of proposed options;
• producing a report on methods and recommendations for individual and enterprise action;
• promoting information relevant to specific communities and groups.

EXAMPLE 6: AN INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR AN HISTORICAL SITE
Groups could be:

• designing and developing a progressive information system providing interpretation of an historical site by:
• identifying the areas on the site to be interpreted, in consultation with expertsif the site is of special significance to Maori, then a whare wànanga or kaumatua or the rununga of the appropriate iwi should be consulted, taking into consideration the appropriate protocols;
• researching suitable information systems for the site, taking into account local environmental conditions and other constraints;
• determining, in consultation, the appropriate levels of restoration needed or desired on the site;
• developing a suitable system for presenting information about the site that does not require full-time operating or interpreting staff in attendance.