16 Sep 2021

Ōtautahi tenants isolated by lack of digital access

From Afternoons, 1:40 pm on 16 September 2021

Earlier this week we spoke to software engineer Eteroa Lafaele, who was fundraising to get laptops into the hands of students in South Auckland.

But this 'digtal divide' between people with access to the internet and those without affects more than just school kids. 

During lockdown the Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust has been in touch with tenants to develop a plan to get them digitally connected.

Jesse speaks to the Trust's Tenancy Relations Manager, James Hadlee, who is heading the digital partnership programme in Ōtautahi, Christchurch.

businessman with cellphone and laptop at morning

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