Digital divide stories

Digital divide could mean early retirement for Kiwi businesses
Last week
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A changing of the guard is gaining pace with the rise of 'younger' decision makers who rely on digital media to network, job hunt and inform decisions.

Pandemic accelerates adoption but widens digital divide
Fri, 1st Apr 2022
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1 in 10 Australians are digitally excluded, and it's estimated 1 in 5 New Zealanders struggle to engage in the digital world, an industry panel hears.

COVID-19 crisis accentuating the need to bridge digital divide
Tue, 1st Dec 2020
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The crisis has accentuated our dependence on digital technologies and exposed the reality of the digital divides between and within countries.

UPDATED: Election 2020 - Which parties care about tech's role in New Zealand
Tue, 6th Oct 2020
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Technology should be flying high when it comes to government investment and commitment from New Zealand's political parties. But is it?

Asia home to half of the world's internet users
Wed, 1st Apr 2020
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Asia has 2.3 billion internet users, which equated to 50.3% of the world’s internet user population.

High-speed fibre now makes up half of fixed Internet in nine OECD countries
Thu, 5th Mar 2020
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Overall, fibre broadband connections have increased 3% from 24% to 27% in the space of one year, indicating that it is still a slow process for many countries.

Digital divide most impacts Kiwis in social housing & the disabled
Fri, 29th Nov 2019
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The ‘digital divide’ is still very much present in New Zealand society, with those in social housing and those with disabilities feeling the most impacted by inadequate internet access.

NZ's aged care population held back by digital divide
Tue, 26th Mar 2019
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Aged care facilities are slow to provide WiFi access for residents, and interviewees said they would like to see aged care operators provide more support.

Digital divide anxiety as school year looms
Wed, 23rd Jan 2019
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As technology in the classroom becomes a necessity, many children could be starting at a disadvantage as the financial strain becomes too much.

InternetNZ welcomes Govt's 99.8% broadband coverage plan
Tue, 18th Dec 2018
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The additional coverage will roll out over the next four years as part of the Rural Broadband Initiative phase two/Mobile Black Spots Fund (RBI2/MBSF) programme expansion.

Report gives voice to Kiwis experiencing digital exclusion
Tue, 6th Nov 2018
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People surveyed in the report say they feel excluded, isolated, powerless and have limited opportunities because they are unable to access the internet.

Govt must be wary of increasing digital divide with 5G deployment - Chorus
Tue, 1st May 2018
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The company has responded to a request from MBIE for feedback on the challenges and opportunities of a 5G rollout.

Govt announces first eight members of digital divide taskforce
Mon, 19th Mar 2018
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The Digital Economy and Digital Inclusion Advisory Group will advise the Govt on how it can build the digital economy and reduce digital divides.

Exclusive interview: Polycom on bridging the digital divide & workplaces of the future
Thu, 14th Dec 2017
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"I’ve worked on how we can remove the stereotype of how an engineer is a guy, and make it about the role itself."

NZTech responds to digital divide report: "The government is right to raise this concern"
Wed, 6th Dec 2017
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"Left unaddressed this digital divide will exacerbate the social divide."

Government report shines light on NZ's digital divide
Wed, 6th Dec 2017
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Curran says the previous government didn’t make the report public until after the election as it exposed the digital divide in New Zealand.

Govt. to appoint chief technology officer to close digital divide
Wed, 15th Nov 2017
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“This Government intends to progress its goals to close the digital divide by 2020."

Bridging the rural-urban divide with technology, collaboration and bold ideas
Tue, 14th Nov 2017
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What needs to be brought into focus now is that issues of inequality and lack of access are not limited to emerging or developing economies.

New tech maps NZ's digital & socioeconomic divides
Thu, 17th Aug 2017
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The Digital Divide map is an interactive tool which shows the different digital divides New Zealanders and their communities are facing.

Digital inclusion efforts to continue after funding pulled
Tue, 30th May 2017
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The Computers in Homes programme will no longer be funded by the government. 20/20 Trust will continue to try & help bridge the digital divide in NZ.

Colwill School jumps towards digital equality in Massey
Wed, 10th May 2017
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"We’re excited to see Spark Jump turn more homes in Massey into digital learning environments & enable more students to thrive in the digital world."

Could New Zealand be lagging behind in Digital Inclusion?
Mon, 1st May 2017
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“As more and more services go online there’s an assumption that we can all get onto our devices and complete these activities.”

Icelandic language at risk due to voice command tech
Mon, 24th Apr 2017
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Fewer than 400,000 people speak Icelandic, and linguists are hypothesising that this is how the language dies.

Kiwis love the internet but there's work to be done on our digital divide, says InternetNZ
Thu, 15th Dec 2016
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"We are still concerned about the digital divides relating to household income, location and ethnicity groups."