This work highlights the strong connection between wellbeing and digital equity in Aotearoa. The same conditions that help families flourish offline, including safety, belonging, confidence and opportunity, also shape how people connect, participate and thrive in our digital world.

“Some people won't be able to communicate. Most of my mates don’t have credit. Like, sometimes we only have Wi-Fi. Like the free Wi-Fi at school or in town.”

DECA guest blogger, Holly Davies, is particularly interested in online harm space. She shared with us her lived experience of online harm and difficulties seeking sufficient support and advice and how this led her to create a survey to raise up the experiences of other rangatahi.