'Untapped potential' in Indigenous tech

Marcia Langton said officials don't understand Indigenous people are already using new technologies. (AAP)

Technology can power the continuation of our oldest civilisations, as it has been doing for some time, Indigenous leaders have told a summit.

But a new economic model is needed that includes and values Indigenous knowledge systems and data gathering, New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta said at the Sydney Dialogue on Monday.