Digital Inclusion Whanganui gathers evidence from local experience, practical testing and wider research. The aim is to understand what digital exclusion looks like in practice, what responses help, and what can be learned and shared with others.
Local evidence
Whanganui provides a real-world setting for understanding how digital systems and services affect people in everyday life. Local experience helps identify barriers, gaps in support and areas where service design may need to improve.
Research and wider evidence
We follow relevant research, policy developments and practical work from New Zealand and overseas, connecting wider evidence with what we are seeing locally.
Sharing what we learn
Findings, articles, practice resources and useful evidence will be shared here as the work develops, so that local learning can contribute to better digital inclusion practice in Whanganui and beyond.
Published evidence and learning
Digital Inclusion Needs Analysis — May 2025
Our first major piece of locally grounded research, bringing together local data, national evidence and community input to identify digital inclusion barriers, priority groups and opportunities for action in Whanganui.
Impact Snapshot — Small on Scale. Significant in Signal
A visual snapshot of Digital Inclusion Whanganui’s practical activity and emerging evidence, showing what has been delivered, what has been recorded, and what local experience is beginning to tell us.
First Principles — Public Overview
A plain-language overview of the principles that guide Digital Inclusion Whanganui’s decisions, priorities and ways of working — keeping the mahi grounded in equity, evidence, safety, accountability and local experience.
When Helping Means Not Taking Over — September 2026
A reflection on practical digital help: the difference between solving a problem for someone and helping them build the confidence, understanding and judgement to deal with digital challenges themselves.
Socratic-Informed Digital Help — Practitioner Primer
A practical resource for people providing digital help, using questions, guided discovery and careful judgement to support learning while keeping the person receiving help in control.