ManaReview.ai — Environmental Decision Intelligence Software

AI-Powered Environmental & Indigenous Decision Intelligence

ManaReview.ai is a Māori-led technology platform supporting environmental assessment, regulatory analysis, cultural impact assessment and institutional decision-making across jurisdictions.

Mana Review AI serves Indigenous governments, iwi and hapū, environmental consultancies, regulatory authorities, government institutions, research institutions and international development organisations.

For Iwi and Hapū

Every consent, infrastructure proposal and development project contains signals. Mana Review AI helps iwi identify cultural and environmental risk earlier, strengthen engagement and negotiation, retain institutional knowledge and recognise credible opportunities for participation and economic value.

Protect Value. Find Value. Retain Value.

Protect Value: Identify risks, effects, evidence gaps and strategic issues earlier. Find Value: Recognise credible opportunities in monitoring, restoration, procurement, workforce development, services and partnerships. Retain Value: Keep knowledge, precedent, decisions and organisational intelligence within the organisation.

The Wrap-Around Service

Review: AI-supported review of complex environmental and development information. Interpret: Cultural, environmental, regulatory and strategic interpretation. Respond: Support for assessment pathways, engagement, negotiation, mitigation, monitoring and next steps. Recognise Opportunity: Where credible and appropriate, identify potential participation, service, procurement, capability, partnership or strategic opportunities.

Indigenous AI Governance

The deployment of artificial intelligence in environmental, cultural and governance contexts requires careful, culturally grounded oversight. Mana Review AI provides Indigenous AI governance advisory for boards, government agencies and iwi leadership.

Ancient Intelligence

Ancient Intelligence explores what living systems, Indigenous knowledge and older systems of thought can teach us about intelligence, authority, responsibility and the technologies we are creating. Ancient Intelligence is the connected intellectual and research platform. Mana Review AI is the primary commercial business.

Full CIA & Advisory

Commissioned professional services.

Comprehensive Cultural Impact Assessments and specialist advisory — separate from the software platform, priced by scope and proposal.

Software · credits

AI-generated PCA

A structured, AI-generated preliminary analysis of a consent application — produced in minutes, purchased with credits, ready for practitioner review. Preliminary by definition: it identifies and structures, it does not conclude.

See PCA pricing
Professional service · project quotation

Professionally prepared full CIA

A comprehensive professional report — often around 80 pages — prepared with research, engagement, evidence synthesis, human professional review and quality assurance. Individually scoped and quoted.

Service One

Comprehensive Cultural Impact Assessments

Project-based quotation

A professionally prepared, comprehensive Cultural Impact Assessment. Reports can be around 80 pages — including complex proposals and fast-track applications. Every CIA is scoped and quoted for your project, and can include:

Document and technical report review
Research and cultural assessment
Environmental and legislative analysis
Appropriate iwi and hapū engagement
Evidence synthesis
Comprehensive report drafting
Human professional review
Revisions and final quality assurance
Additional consenting support, by agreement
Service Two

Specialist Advisory

Priced by scope and proposal

Environmental, cultural, regulatory and governance advisory — built on two decades of iwi governance, environmental regulation, international climate policy and resource management. Support is scoped to your decision, not sold as a generic retainer.

Environmental advisory
Cultural and regulatory interpretation
Governance advisory for boards and institutions
Strategic decision support for complex consents
Engagement Model

How to engage.

Step 01

Initial Conversation

We discuss your needs, scope and projects.

Step 02

Scope & Proposal

Scoped proposal with deliverables, timeline and pricing.

Step 03

Assessment & Review

Assessment with practitioner review and cultural oversight.

Step 04

Ongoing Advisory

Advisory support for engagement, negotiation and monitoring.

FAQ

Questions and answers.

What's the difference between a PCA and a full CIA?

A Preliminary Cultural Assessment (PCA) is an AI-generated structured analysis produced in minutes, purchased with credits from the software platform. A full Cultural Impact Assessment (CIA) is a separately commissioned professional service — a comprehensive report, often around 80 pages, including for complex and fast-track proposals, prepared with research, engagement, human professional review and quality assurance. An AI-generated PCA is never represented as a completed full CIA.

How is a full CIA priced?

Full Cultural Impact Assessments are project-based, individually scoped and quoted. The fee reflects the scope of documents, research, engagement and review your project needs. It is never a fixed credit price.

How is specialist advisory priced?

Specialist advisory is priced by scope and proposal. We agree the scope, deliverables and fee with you before work begins.

Does the AI replace cultural assessment practitioners?

No. Mana Review AI augments expert judgement — it does not replace it. The AI reads, identifies, and surfaces relevant considerations so that the people with cultural authority and knowledge can assess them efficiently. Human oversight is built into the process by design.

Is our data sovereign?

Yes. The platform is hosted on New Zealand infrastructure. Data does not leave the country. Each organisation controls its own information. Cultural knowledge is not aggregated across users or used to train shared models without explicit consent.

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