There are moments, usually quiet ones, when a year folds back on itself and you suddenly see the path you’ve taken. This has been one of those moments for me. It’s now over a year since I stepped away from national digital inclusion work. Not dramatically — simply recognising that my energy, my instinct and […]
Filling in the Blanks – Learning from the Past, Building Fairly for the Future Read More »
How an early-morning rugby dilemma became a workout in everyday critical thinking Last night, while planning my weekend, I faced a very ordinary problem: how to watch an early-morning Test match live on Sky. The game kicks off at 4 a.m. — about as early as I ever get up. That’s the point where the
The Thinking Gymnasium Read More »
From fear to self-regulation: habits that make AI safer and more useful. Alignment: This post and Digital Inclusion Whanganui’s AI First Principles align with the OECD AI Principles, UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI (2021), NIST AI RMF 1.0 (2023), ISO/IEC 42001, and New Zealand’s Algorithm Charter. Lately I’ve met more
AI is as good—or as bad—as we let it Read More »
This morning, as I scrolled through LinkedIn, a headline immediately caught my attention. Craig Young, CEO of the Technology Users Association of New Zealand (TUANZ), had shared a significant conversation he’d recently had on the NZ Herald’s Front Page podcast. The discussion centred around international moves towards rigorous age verification measures for online content, raising
Safeguarding Our Future: Navigating Online Age Verification in Aotearoa Read More »
