Find a digital inclusion resource

The 20/20 Trust works across New Zealand to foster digital inclusion, digital literacy and digital skills, and over 20 years has helped tens of thousands of New Zealanders. Programmes include KiwiSkills, ICDL, Stepping UP and this Digital Inclusion map. Past programmes include Computers in Homes, NetDay, eDay and Living Heritage. 20/20 partners with InternetNZ (developing a Digital Exclusion HEAT), Spark Foundation (subsidised internet access), REAPs and libraries (digital skills training) and many others.

A ‘school’ where students from different schools meet on a Friday to explore their passions, one of which is computer coding.  Led by teachers and held at River of Life Centre, Lower Hutt

APNK provides free computing and Internet at 149 public libraries and 2 marae. Total of 750 PCs, 135 Wi-Fi, 152 printers, 20 scanners, recorders and 20 local heritage Kete. Some support and digital skills training. Government funded.

Cafe Scientifique is a discussion based forum where, for the price of a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, anyone can come to explore the latest ideas in science and technology.  Auckland event details are here.

Cafe Scientifique is a discussion based forum where, for the price of a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, anyone can come to explore the latest ideas in science and technology.  Lower Hutt event details are here.

Café Scientifique is a discussion based forum where, for the price of a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, anyone can come to explore the latest ideas in science and technology.  Tauranga event details are here.

Using the latest technology and software young people produce their own TV shows, music, soundtracks, computer games and animation in our multimedia production suite & TV studio.

Carisbrook Design Studio after school works on projects in IT design, movie making, robotics and other creative applications. Part of the High Tech Youth Network.

Offers Basic Computing course for adults and the internationally recognised ICDL certification. CP REAP was a Computers in Homes (Taranaki/Central North Island) Training Centre 2015/16 and 2016/17. Also provides low-cost website design (using Joomla) and web hosting including domain registration and email.

Clubhouse Whanganui (formerly Awa City Clubhouse) is a creative, safe, out-of-school learning place where young people from our community work with adult mentors to explore their ideas, develop new skills, and build confidence through using technology and music. Open Mon – Fri 3pm – 7pm term time and 1pm – 5pm school holidays. Free for 10 – 18 year-olds! Run by Nga Tai O te Awa (NTOTA).

The Codeworx Challenge is a national competition open to all New Zealand secondary schools. Students create a solution using a Raspberry Pi that solves a real world problem and/or is useful in someone’s everyday life.

Computers in Homes worked with low-decile schools and Trusts to provide computer training, technical support, refurbished computers and subsidised Internet to around 19,000 students’ homes and families across New Zealand. A 20/20 Trust initiative, national funding ceased in June 2017; some local partners are continuing in their area and whilst their reserves last. Some are also seeking local funding.

The Trust’s Digital Journey tool helps everyone use, understand and benefit from digital services. We offer tablet and smartphone training, digital education for schools and preschools, community digital strategy development, and business digital enablement training and mentoring. A 2020 partner.

Check your computer skills! This neat little quiz lets you find out how internet savvy you are. Extra neat thing – it gives you the correct answers and any missing info afterwards. Takes 5 minutes and is recommended! From Palmerston North City Council and Manawatu Chamber of Commerce.

DIGITS Trust is providing laptops, Internet access and training to 1,000 households with school-aged children in Palmerston North. DIGITS works with Roslyn and other communities (school, families and volunteer tutors) around the provision of Chrome books to students, and internet. The aim is sustainable digital inclusion for 1,000 households. DIGITS is a Spark Jump partner.

Fab Lab Wgtn is a Massey digital fabrication laboratory, a creative ecosystem. Maker Monday is a free/low cost project-based open evening for community learning & engagement.

Fab Lab Chch provides access to the modern tools of invention, in a creative innovation space for Christchurch citizens to prototype new solutions to local problems.

Fre3FormD’s founder Gordon Dykes is passionate about equipping NZ students with 3-d design and printing skills. He offers free introductory sessions, and designs and makes 3-D printers suitable for schools.

GCSN is creating a community of connected schools, teaching professionals and educational resources in the greater Christchurch region utilising the high speed fibre optic network infrastructure being installed by Enable Networks. GCSN is a Spark Jump partner

The Hour of Code is a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries with 253 events in NZ in 2016. Anyone, anywhere can organize an Hour of Code event, using free resources, during Computer Science Education Week in early December. One-hour tutorials are available in over 45 languages. No experience needed. Ages 4 to 104.

ICT-Connect is IT Professionals NZ (ITP) national in-school programme which inspires and educates young people about their future in the ICT industry. It puts software and Information Technology (IT) professionals face-to-face with students in class, where they introduce diverse opportunities and pathways in their industry.

impactNPO get IT volunteers (you) with a wide range of skills to come in and help local charities and not for profit organisations (NPOs) with their IT challenges.

We do this through running fun, high-energy and impact weekend Charity Hackathons events. On Friday evening, NPOs do a pitch about what they do and what their issues are, then volunteers form self-organising teams around an NPO of their choice. The teams then have a goal for the weekend to produce something useful.

impactNPO get IT volunteers (you) with a wide range of skills to come in and help local charities and not for profit organisations (NPOs) with their IT challenges.

We do this through running fun, high-energy and impact weekend Charity Hackathons events. On Friday evening, NPOs do a pitch about what they do and what their issues are, then volunteers form self-organising teams around an NPO of their choice. The teams then have a goal for the weekend to produce something useful.

Manukau City Baptist Church offers plenty of opportunities to be involved, where you can meet others, grow, get needs met and serve others as well. Offers budgetting, job seeking, parenting, marriage courses etc and Spark Jump (subsidised pre-pay home broadband) as a 20/20 partner.

The Mind Lab by Unitec is an education collaboration dedicated to enhancing digital literacy capability and the implementation of contemporary practice in the teaching profession. Business children & school groups courses planned.

The Mind Lab by Unitec is an education collaboration dedicated to enhancing digital literacy capability and the implementation of contemporary practice in the teaching profession. Business children & school groups courses planned.

One of two Hutt City Library clubhouses, creative technology spaces for people aged 10-18, and totally free! Have fun with robotics, animation, 3D design, arts & crafts, sound recording, video production, graphic design, game creation and more. Helpful mentors include musicians, librarians, artists… Open during school term 3pm-7pm.

NZ’s premiere hands-on science education programme. Live shows, hands-on exhibits and teacher resources that broaden student knowledge and experience; connecting with science and technology and the world around them.  Every year the Science Roadshow is experienced by around 47,000 students, 6000 teachers and accompanying adults from over 600 schools nationwide!

Neighbourly lets you connect with neighbours and community using a private local website. It’s a free service to make your neighbourhood a safer, better place to live. Share news on events, issues, lost pets…

NetHui brings everybody and anybody that wants to talk about the Internet together. NetHui is made for the community, by the community. The programme isn’t decided by InternetNZ – it’s designed by the people who want to go. There are usually education/technical/inclusion sessions.

Save the date: Nethui 2017 – 9th to 10th November, Auckland’s Aotea Centre.

Read about or watch interesting videos from previous NetHuis.

The Government created Network 4 Learning (N4L) builds and manages a network for New Zealand’s 2500+ schools and creates an environment that encourages the uptake of digital learning in a seamless way.

The Government created Network 4 Learning (N4L) builds and manages a network for New Zealand’s 2500+ schools and creates an environment that encourages the uptake of digital learning in a seamless way.

We are about whānau transformation, with whānau setting their own goals and direction to self manage. We strive to educate and improve lives and lifestyles through Whānau Ora, clinical Services and workforce development. A 20/20 Trust Computers in Homes partner.

NgāTai O Te Awa (NTOTA) is a Maori Development Organisation committed to the pursuit of excellence and successful futures for Maori whānau, hapū and iwi. NTOTA provides health, innovation and development services, runs Clubhouse Whanganui and is a 20/20 Spark Jump  and Stepping UP partner. The Spark Foundation’s Spark Jump brings heavily subsidised pre-pay home broadband to families with school-aged children and no internet connection. Co-located with Clubhouse Whanganui.

OMG Tech! plans to open up the world of future tech to every Kiwi kid. Over 3 years OMGTech aims to give every primary & intermediate school in NZ the chance to take part in its award winning workshops, connecting over 4,000 industry volunteers as role models and inspirers.

Listed under Online or Nationwide you will find digital inclusion resources that have no one geographical location.

The best place of its kind for New Zealand educators and learners to discover, share and grow. It is a great resource sharing site for teachers, and for providers of content or services to New Zealand schools.

Remark-it commission, decommission and remarket IT equipment, with significant projects with New Zealand’s and Australia’s biggest companies and government agencies. We refurbish computers for 2020’s Computers in Homes.

Remark-it commission, decommission and remarket IT equipment, with significant projects with New Zealand’s and Australia’s biggest companies and government agencies. We refurbish computers for 2020’s Computers in Homes.

RCJNZ is a unique event that excites and motivates students. Students participating in RoboCup Junior New Zealand events may choose Robot Theatre, Rescue or Soccer.

Spark Foundation’s Spark Jump is bringing heavily subsidised home broadband to thousands of New Zealand children. Online learning at home and strong whanau engagement is crucial for our young people to succeed, but many school-age children in low-income communities don’t have broadband at home. Spark Jump helps solve this Digital Divide, working with local community-based organisations who identify eligible families, so their children have digital access at school and at home.

STEAM ahead is a series of events that help mums and their teenage daughters meet women who work in Science, Engineering and Technology fields. We want to see more women choose careers that are both fulfilling and future-proof.

Studio 274 is an after-school community centre that helps young people design their future by providing access to high-tech skills, advanced technology, positive and creative mentors and career pathways.

One of two Hutt City Library clubhouses, creative technology spaces for people aged 10-18, and totally free! Have fun with robotics, animation, 3D design, arts & crafts, sound recording, video production, graphic design, game creation and more. Helpful mentors include musicians, librarians, artists… Open during school term 3pm-7pm.

Online learning at home and strong whanau engagement is crucial for our young people to succeed, but many school-age children in low-income communities don’t have broadband. Spark Jump is bringing heavily subsidised home broadband to these New Zealand children. Tamatea High School is a Spark Jump partner.

Wairarapa REAP (Rural Education Activities Programmes) provides a wide variety of digital learning, including… Computers In Homes, KiwiSkills, Computers for Nannas and Poppas, iPad, iPhone, Android Phone, Android Tablets, PC Training, Macintosh Training etc.  and is a Spark Jump partner.

WestREAP offers a range of computer and digital communication courses from beginner to advanced. Programmes include Stepping UP, Computers in Homes, KiwiSkills, Digital Literacy and ICDL.

Internet (10 computers, user pays), E-Resource (6 computers, MS and selected websites, for research, homework, CVs, training), Genealogy (3 computers for family history/whakapapa research), 3CS Computer Club (weekly, not holidays), Free Wi-Fi (30 min – CBDs). Also a Spark Jump partner.

Online learning at home and strong whanau engagement is crucial for our young people to succeed, but many school-age children in low-income communities don’t have broadband. Spark Jump is bringing heavily subsidised home broadband to these New Zealand children. William Colenso College is a Spark Jump partner.