Kāhui Anamata is built with open-source tools and the platform itself is released under a permissive licence. iwi, hapū, and community organisations can self-host the same infrastructure.
.co.nz DNS playbook for the apex + subdomains.npx supabase link --project-ref <your-ref>Open-source infrastructure is a long-term capability multiplier. A grant that funds this platform builds public-good infrastructure that other iwi can adopt. The same Creative NZ "investment feature outcomes" framework that scored the 2026 application also rewards systemic rather than one-off impact. open-source releases are the strongest possible evidence of systemic intent.
NZ On Air's 2026 language explicitly rewards projects that "leverage digital technologies" and "drive innovation in the sector". Open-source release of a working cultural-infrastructure platform is the literal fulfilment of that language.