Saturday, 15 May 2021, 1:24 pm
One of the country’s leading community housing
providers, Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (ŌCHT), and
Christchurch fibre company, Enable, aim to eliminate digital
inequity for ŌCHT housing tenants living in Christchurch
through a new 10-year partnership.
Both organisations
understand that community housing tenants can experience
high levels of digital exclusion. More than 60 percent of
ŌCHT tenants are not connected to the internet at home –
meaning they do not have the means or skills to access and
benefit from the digital world. This compares to an
estimated 10 percent of the whole community.
“Enable
and ŌCHT share a belief that the opportunity to access the
Talking Point: Community input needed over Māori wards
13 May, 2021 10:20 PM
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Kirsten Wise, mayor of Napier. Photo / NZME
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Kirsten Wise
The issue and emotions of Māori wards is alive and well in our community right now, with an impending decision timeline of May 21 to enable these to be in place by our next local body elections in 2022.
We have been challenged about the process we intend to follow to help us to make this decision, including the allegation that a failure to resolve to establish Māori wards in time for the 2022 elections could be a breach of our Te Tiriti o Waitangi / Treaty of Waitangi obligations.
Passwords: Lock, set, and secure! rohma@khaleejtimes.com Filed on May 5, 2021
Research shows that 75 per cent of respondents in the UAE believe that their employees’ poor password hygiene is putting their company at risk
Good password hygiene and high levels of awareness of different cyberattack types are proven methods for reducing the risk of an attack and protecting organisations and their employees
Often times, the only thing standing between you and ruinous financial consequences is a strong password, security experts say.
With how hectic our daily lives have become, it is hard to spare more than a thought for something that is not considered to be a task in need of immediate attention – sadly, passwords seem to fall into this category. World Password Day, though, would beg us all to reconsider.