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Keep up-to-date with the latest news and updates from InternetNZ | Ipurangi Aotearoa. The digital landscape changes quickly, and we're here to help you make sense of it.

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June 24

Supporting community groups to learn how to better evaluate their work

Our goal in supporting community groups to learn how to evaluate their work has been to build a body of evidence around how to advance digital inclusion, enable them to measure the impacts of their work to attract funding, and ultimately advance digital equity.

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Blog,

June 22

Our systems for tackling online harm are woefully inadequate

We're experiencing a more visible wave of online hate and violent extremism targeted towards marginalised communities. Active harm is being done, and the country’s systems for tackling this harm are woefully inadequate to the scale of the challenge.

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June 21

Awhi Matihiko provides new refugees with Internet and digital support

Working together, New Zealand Red Cross, Digital Inclusion Alliance Aotearoa, the Spark Foundation, and InternetNZ are proud to be a part of the Awhi Matihiko: Red Cross Digital Settlement Package. 

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June 09

Chatham Islands Community WiFi

Where does our on-demand grant funding go? One of our grants is supporting work that will enable digital literacy on the Chatham Islands to help the local community benefit from the opportunities the Internet can provide. 

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Blog,

May 25

Blog,

May 25

Research – the University of Auckland and digital inclusion

Christmas Eve 2020 saw the Community Team calling successful grant applicants with good news. This included 3 researchers at the University of Auckland who, spanning the Schools of Information Systems, Nursing and Population Health, are all now busy working to contribute to digital inclusion research in very different ways.

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May 18

Media release,

May 15

Christchurch Call Summit charts next steps

Big steps were made today in progressing the Christchurch Call. Leaders of countries, tech companies and civil society came together to reflect on progress since 2019 and create a work plan for the coming years.     

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May 06

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May 05

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