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Insights and Updates from the Digital Equity Movement in Aotearoa
Thoughts from the TUANZ Tech Users Summit 2026
Digital inclusion for young people in New Zealand hasn’t moved much since 2018, and AI is making it harder to trust what’s online. Reflections on the Connected Rangatahi research from Te Rourou One Foundation, data costs, truthiness, and a mall that switches off its charging ports.
Are we replacing open access with an AI-gated internet?
There is a quiet, tectonic shift happening in how we move through the internet, and it isn’t coming from Big Tech product updates, it’s coming from government policy
Redefining Digital Inclusion for the AI Economy
As AI rapidly reshapes global economies, workplaces, and public services, we are witnessing a fundamental shift in what "inclusion" actually means. The question is shifting from access to agency: Who has the capability, capital, and power to make technology work for them, and who is simply subject to its decisions?
Innovation needs a plus-one and her name is Digital Equity
The New Zealand government has made its priorities clear: we are betting big on artificial intelligence. However, without equal investment in digital access and skills, the government’s AI ambitions risk creating a two-tier digital nation.