Joining Tuakiri
Participation in the Federation is available to organisations and institutions which undertake or support education, research or research and development in New Zealand, including:
- Tertiary Education Institutions, such as Universities, Polytechnics and vocational education institutions.
- Government, Commercial Research Institutions (e.g. Landcare Research, NeSI, NZGL, REANNZ KAREN Services, BlueFern High Performance Computing).
- Government or Commercial Product and Service Organisations delivering products and services to the education and research sector.
- any other entity approved by the Executive Committee from time to time.
Participants will be registered either as Member or Affiliate [Subscriber] using eligibility criteria determined by the Executive Committee.
The Participant registration process is determined by the Executive Committee.
Join as an Identity Provider
Download Tuakiri 2012 Subscription Pack New Subscribers NZ Universities and Crown Research Institutes.pdf
Join as a Service Provider
Download Tuakiri 2012 Subscription Pack Service Providers.pdf
The Benefits
The Tuakiri Federation Service provides many benefits: for Identity Providers, Service Providers, End Users, and Educational Sectors. It is a good example of a Common ICT Service, and aligns with the New Zealand Government ICT Strategy on Common ICT Capability Services.
Benefits for Identity Providers [IdPs]; typically NZ Universities, Crown Research Institutes, and Institutes/Technical/Polytechnics.
- Easier to comply with regulatory requirements
- Conformance to authentication standards
- Ease of use when accessing services and better service offered to users [more control]
- Can integrate with existing access management systems
- Can use the same access control for all resources
- Both internal and external
- Fewer support problems [central control]
Benefits for Service Providers [SPs]; typically eLearning Service Providers/Publishers, Online Content Service Providers
- No need to maintain your own user database
- Authentication is performed by the IdP
- Can authorise per institution, role, and/or entitlement
- Reduced user support requirements
- Reduced compliance burden
- Less storage/processing of personal data
- Accurate implementation of licence conditions
- Users take better care of credentials as likely to have one [or few] log-in for all resources
- Organisations take better care of assertions as centrally controlled
Benefits for End Users
- Much less need to disclose your identity
- Personal data kept between you and your home institution
- Publishers can tailor services better [preferences etc.]
- At least, one less password to remember
Benefits for Educational Sectors
- Provides consistency across the whole of education for federated [distributed] authentication and authorisation
- Improves the user experience
- Pools experience and expertise
- Provides economies of scale for all sectors
- Facilitates sharing of content and collaboration across sectors