Microsoft Imagine Cup 2026

Hi, Lily

He karetao kairīwhi reo AI utu-iti kua hoahoatia mō ngā kaumātua e noho mokemoke ana.

Kapa Tīmata Tauira, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa (Massey University), Aotearoa

E tikiake ana i te tauira 3D...

He raruraru hauora tūmatanui te mokemoke

Ā, kei te piki haere. E hia miriona ngā kaumātua e noho mokemoke ana, he iti noa te tūtakitaki tangata i ia rā.

16.6%

Taupori o Aotearoa 65+ tau (2023)

25.3%

O te hunga 65+, te ōrau e noho mokemoke ana

59%

O ngā kaumātua e rongo ana i te mokemoke, te taratahi rānei

Kāore ngā hangarau o tēnei wā i hangaia mō rātou

Kaikōrero Atamai (Smart Speakers)

  • Karekau he pūmahara wā-roa
  • Kāore i hoahoatia mō te reo kaumātua
  • Karekau he arorau tiaki

Karetao Hoa Utu Nui

  • He whai kiko engari he nui rawa te utu
  • Awhe utu: $175 - $9,000+

Ngā Taupānga me ngā Tomokanga

  • Hoahoa mata-tuatahi
  • He nui te utu ako
  • He iti te tūhono ā-whatumanawa

Te Āputa Kāore i Whakakiia: Karekau he rongoā whānui ko te reo te tuatahi, e aihia ana e te pūmahara, he utu māmā, ā, he ngāwari ki ngā kaitiaki.

I Tua atu i ngā Tau: He Tatauranga ki te Oranga

10.5 hāora o te wahangū tino, te "Hinga Roa" 12-hāora whakamate, me te ū ki ngā rongoā e heke ana ki te 80%... Pāwhiritia ki te tūhura i tō mātou Papatohu Raraunga Pāhekoheko e ahu mai ana i ngā pūrongo haumanu, ā-iwi hoki.

Tūhurahia te Papatohu Raraunga

Mā te pūmahara e hanga te whakahoahoa.
Mā te utu māmā e hanga te āheitanga.

Whakahoahoa Tonu

Ka maumahara ki ngā tāngata, ngā mahinga, me ngā manakohanga i roto i te wā. Ka noho a Lily hei hoa mōhiotia, ehara i te utauta noa.

Kōrero Whatumanawa-Tuatahi

Kua hoahoatia kia mahana, kia manawanui, kia ngāwari hoki ki ngā kaumātua. He kōrerorero māori me te kore whakahau uaua.

Tohu Oranga Wahangū

Ka whakatauhia mai i ngā kōrerorero māori (ehara i te rongoā). Ka kite i ngā rerekētanga tauira i te aronganui, te mahinga, me te whai wāhitanga i te roanga o te wā.

Tauira Utu Tino Iti

~$20 te pūrere + ohaurunga utu māmā ($3-7/marama). Ko te Pūmārō-hei-Ratonga e āhei ai te whakahoahoa mō te katoa.

Whakahaerehia e Microsoft Azure

Azure OpenAI
Azure AI Speech
Azure AI Search
ESP32
Pūrere Tapa (Edge Device)

Tirohia a HiLily e Mahi ana

Mātakitakihia tā mātou whakaaturanga hua me te pīti kapa kia mārama ai pēhea te mahi a HiLily me tā mātou tirohanga mō te anamata.

Whakaaturanga Hua

2 meneti

Whakaaturanga mataora i roto i tētahi taiao kāinga tūturu — taunekeneke reo, pūmahara wā-roa, me ngā whakamahara atawhai e whakahaerehia ana e Microsoft Azure AI.

Pīti Kapa

3 meneti

Tūtaki ki tō mātou kapa me te tūhura i te pūrākau i muri i a HiLily — tā mātou kaupapa kia kaua e waiho tētahi reo kaumātua kia kore e rangona.

Taunekeneke Reo Tūturu

Whakaaturanga Pūmahara Wā-Roa

Whakamahara Atawhai

Tūtaki ki Tō Mātou Kapa

He kapa i ahu mai i te kaupapa o ngā kaihanga me ngā kairangahau mai i Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa (Massey University), Aotearoa

Sarah Liu
Kaitīmata

Sarah Liu

AI, Hua & Tuituinga

Tauira Pūtaiao Pārongo i Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa me te kaitīmata taketake o te kaupapa HiLily. E whai wāhi ana ki te rerenga mahi katoa—mai i te rapu hiahia kaiwhakamahi, te whakapā atu me te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero ki ngā hoa, ki te hoahoa hua me te mahi rorohiko tūturu. Ka aro ki te tuituinga o te pūnaha Microsoft AI, te paipa pūmahara wā-roa, me te tuituinga MVP mutunga-ki-te-mutunga.

Alex Luo
Kaihanga Matua

Alex Luo

Pūmārō, Hanga Tono, Whakaaturanga & Rangahau Kaiwhakamahi

Tauira Paerua mō te Pūtaiao Pārongo i Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa he kaha te tūāpapa C/C++ me te Python. Nāna te rerenga mahi pūmārō (pūrere reo i runga i te ESP32), ka āwhina i te hanga tono (prompt engineering), ka tautoko i te rangahau hiahia kaiwhakamahi mā te rapu me te kohi hiahia, ā, ka ārahi i ngā whakaaturanga hua hei whakaatu i te MVP mutunga-ki-te-mutunga.

Yu Tang
Core Dev

Yu Tang

System Design, Data & Pitch

Data Science student at the University of Auckland with a strong interest in AI-driven systems and social impact. Focuses on system design, product structure, and data-driven solution development. Leads pitch strategy and project presentations, ensuring the problem framing, technical approach, and value proposition are communicated clearly and effectively to judges and stakeholders.

Jayden Chan
Contributor

Jayden Chan

Pitch Presenter

Master of Information Science student at Massey University. Served as the pitch presenter during Phase 1 of the Imagine Cup competition, helping communicate the problem framing, technical approach, and value proposition to judges.

Kaitohutohu Ākonga

Tākuta Tong Liu

Tākuta Tong Liu

Kaikauwhau, Kura Pāngarau me te Pūtaiao Rorohiko
Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa

He tohunga mō te Atamai Hangarau (AI), Ako Miihini, me te AI Waihanga. Ka whakarato tohutohu ā-mātauranga, ā-hāngai hoki mō te tikanga AI, te arotake tauira, me te mārohirohi rangahau mō te kaupapa.

AI Coach

Jay Liu

Jay Liu

AI Architect and Audio Algorithm Specialist

Volunteer AI Coach for HiLily, guiding AI system architecture design including AI pipeline development, conversational AI with long-term memory systems, and AI-based acoustic fall detection. Provides technical guidance on hardware audio algorithm design for edge voice processing.

I tīmata tā mātou hātepe hoahoa me ā mātou kaiwhakamahi

15

ngā kaumātua i uiuia
(taurangi 68-85)

12

ngā kaitiaki whānau
i uiuia

3

ngā whakahaere tiaki kaumātua
i uiuia

Āwhinatia mātou kia kore ai tētahi reo kaumātua e noho kore rangona

— ka tīmata me ngā kaupapa pairati tūturu.

Tā Mātou Tono (Wāhanga E Whai Ake Nei)

  • He aratohu mō te AI haepapa me te tūmataiti i a mātou e whakarite ana mō ngā kaupapa pairati tiaki kaumātua tūturu
  • He whakataki ki ngā whakahaere tiaki, NGO rānei e hiahia ana ki te pairati i tētahi kairīwhi reo utu-iti
  • He urupare mō te whakawhānuitanga me te wāhi i te mākete i a mātou e neke ana mai i te MVP ki te tukunga tōmua

E kuhu ana ki tētahi wāhanga kua reri mō te pairati me tētahi MVP whaihua, ā, he maha ngā whakahounga kua oti.

Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa (Massey University) · Aotearoa