Digital Equity Coalition Aotearoa calls for a Digital Equity payment for low-income New Zealand families due to 58,000 families lacking internet access.

Digital Equity Coalition Aotearoa (DECA) urges the New Zealand government to establish a Digital Equity payment for low-income families, as revealed in DECA's Affordable Connectivity in Aotearoa report. The report highlights that 58,000 families in New Zealand are without internet access. DECA's research was motivated by concerns over the ending of the Equitable Digital Access subsidy and the lack of NZ-specific internet affordability research.

May 01, 2024
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