Power, Place and Participation

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Why digital inclusion belongs in Whanganui’s energy future Something significant is beginning to gather momentum across our region. Energy. Infrastructure. Investment. Regional reform. Technology. Skills. Population movement. Economic development. Digital Inclusion Whanganui sits within this wider conversation about participation, infrastructure and regional opportunity. Across Whanganui and the wider lower-west North Island, discussions are accelerating around […]

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Small on Scale. Significant in Signal

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In the past five months, 93 outward-facing engagements have been delivered across Whanganui. Not projected.Not estimated.Recorded, one by one. That includes: 21 structured SENSE drop-in sessions 47 community events, talks, and workshops 25 sector and network meetings Alongside this, more than 2,000 people have been reached in person. Online engagement has extended that reach further,

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Cyber Resilience Needs a Stronger Bridge Between Systems and People

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Cyber resilience systems and people are closely connected in New Zealand. Across the country, serious effort is going into strengthening the cyber security of critical infrastructure — communications, energy, health systems, finance, and transport. That work matters. Ultimately, resilience depends on how well people and systems work together. And it’s clear that across the country,

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We May Be Asking the Wrong Economic Question

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This reflection was prompted in part by a recent LinkedIn post from James Fierro on scarcity, abundance, and the changing economic question. Click here to view It is an odd time to talk about possibility. Perhaps we are asking the wrong economic question for the times we are now living in. The world does not

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Into Year Two: Reflection and the Road Ahead for Digital Inclusion Whanganui

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Over the past year, Digital Inclusion Whanganui has quietly moved from idea to action. What began as a concern about digital exclusion in our community has gradually taken shape as a locally grounded initiative focused on improving digital access, confidence, safety, and capability across the district. During this first phase we have concentrated on three

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Why Digital Inclusion and Equity Struggles for Attention — Even When It Changes Everything

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On the surface, digital inclusion and equity should be uncontroversial.Who could argue against helping people connect, build skills, stay safe online, and participate fully in modern life? And yet — it rarely becomes a priority. Not because it doesn’t matter.But because it sits everywhere and nowhere at once. The Paradox of Ubiquity Digital capability is

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Learning at the Right Pace, for the World We’re In

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“Reading Wired Wisdom over summer — a book that helped articulate what we’re already practising.” Over summer, while many of us were trying to slow down, I spent time reading Wired Wisdom: How to Age Better Online by Eszter Hargittai and John Palfrey (University of Chicago Press). Further reading – click here : Wired Wisdom

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Beyond the Boundary Line: Why Sport Needs a New Cognitive–Physical Frontier

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Every few generations, sport reaches a moment where it must reinvent itself. Not because athletes have changed, but because the world around the athletes has changed so radically that the old boundaries no longer make sense. We are standing in one of those moments now. For most of human history, sport has been our proving

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Digital Inclusion Whanganui — Our Journey This Year

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End-of-year reflections, 2025 As the year turns and Whanganui settles into the long light of summer, it feels like the right moment to pause, breathe, and look back on how far this kaupapa has travelled. Digital inclusion work rarely arrives in grand announcements or dramatic breakthroughs. It grows through small, steady acts of service —

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Softening the Ground: A Kinder Way Into AI

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Over the past few months, I’ve been thinking a lot about the way many New Zealanders view the digital world. We’ve entered a period where mistrust has become almost instinctive. Whether it’s social media, online harm, misinformation, or the rise of artificial intelligence, the first response for many people is simply to recoil. And after

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