DigiFale

More needs to be done to address the growing digital divide, or those already disadvantaged in society will fall even further behind.

BNZ’s latest Digital Skills Report estimated 700,000 adults – or 20 percent – do not have the digital skills deemed essential for modern life.

People who are on low incomes, have lower levels of education or have a disability are less likely to have the digital skills they need to get by, according to the report.

More needs to be done to address the growing digital divide, or those already disadvantaged in society will fall even further behind.