Older people are less likely to own a digital device or have internet connection. Some may have the means to be online but lack the skills to carry out online activities safely with trust and confidence.
As most people already know, DIGIFALE is a programme facilitated by the team at Moana Research based at the Nga Hau Māngere Birthing Centre (just behind the Mangere Town Centre). Outside the rooms where mums give birth, an artist has painted the corridors with murals depicting the voyage many of our ancestors have taken across the …
Sachi Taulelei is a Design Centre of Expertise Lead at ANZ. Read her reflection about the digital divide and diversity has led her to take action.
Digital equity is a priority for health. However, What is digital equity? What is the plan to achieve digital equity for all New Zealanders? How big is the digital divide? “A digitally included person is someone who has access to affordable and accessible digital devices and services at a time and place convenient to them, …
More than 20 percent of New Zealanders experience “digital exclusion”, among them a disproportionate number of Māori and Pacific people.
Individuals like my mum are considered ‘digitally disconnected’ and so come under the umbrella of those being in the ‘digital divide’.
I came across this article in the US over the weekend which suggested Fitbits and other wearables were inaccurately tracking heart rates in people of colour.
We don’t know what the future holds when it comes to jobs. But our best guess to future-proof Pacific kids into finding high paying jobs would be STEM.
There is a move for New Zealanders to be fully participating in the digital world. Our society is becoming increasingly dependent on technology.