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News: tagged with "technology"

• Eldernet shines light on digital exclusion

  Posted: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: elderly, older people, technology, nutrition, therapy, healthy food, resources
  Eldernet’s popular Gazette site has turned its attention to topics including: Sacha Green told Eldernet just how big the problem of digital inclusion is and how we all can help to ensure no one gets left behind in the online rush

• Understanding NZ adults' attitudes towards digital interventions

  Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: research, survey, technology, intervention
  Kia ora koutou. Researchers at the University of Auckland are undertaking a project looking at the attitudes to digital interventions in Aotearoa as these are becoming increasingly popular

• CAB seeks election pledge to address digital exclusion

  Posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: petition, technology, support, services, Community
  Are you being digitally excluded? People of all ages are coming to the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) stressed and frustrated about their experiences of trying to access government services

• Liquefaction Lab reveals potential land damage

  Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disasters, land, earthquake, technology
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 29th July 2020 A new interactive online tool will help people better understand how the ground in Christchurch may respond in an earthquake

• Zoom to Noon: Alcohol and other drugs support groups online

  Posted: Wednesday, July 1, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: alcohol and drugs, gambling, support group, technology
  Zoom to Noon is a series of online alcohol and other drug support groups provided by MHERC as a vehicle to better health and wellbeing. Join the Zoom to Noon support groups. Contact Marc Beecroft at MHERC for more information (021 881 752)

• New COVID-19 updates app launched

  Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: technology, information, advice
  Selwyn District Council media release: 26th May 2020 A new app will help Selwyn residents keep up with the latest pandemic information and details on Council services and facilities

• Apps and e-therapy offer practical mental health support

  Posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: mental health, resilience, mental wellbeing, resources, technology, lockdown
  Beehive media release: 14th April 2020 The Government is making further support available for Kiwis wanting to look after their mental wellbeing as a result of change and uncertainty from COVID-19

• Lockdown life in focus on ChCh City Libraries Discovery Wall

  Posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: lockdown, technology
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 14th April 2020 Lockdown images that capture the lives of people and their neighbourhood places will help create a historical collective record of life in isolation for the Christchurch City Libraries Discovery Wall

• Lockdown Logistics: A new free online video game

  Posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: lockdown, technology
  Lockdown Logistics is a new free online video game created in Christchurch over the past seven days

• Libraries boost home connections to low-cost online access

  Posted: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: technology, disease, accessibility, lockdown
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 31st March 2020 Christchurch City Libraries (CCL) is helping families and individuals get online at home

• Library services you can access from home

  Posted: Thursday, March 19, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: resources, learning, technology
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 19th March 2020 Confined to your home and looking for things to do? Christchurch City Libraries has lots of online content that can help you keep boredom at bay

• Interactive map bears fruit without costing the earth

  Posted: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: technology, services, Food, urban
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 29th January 2020 A new online food map reveals where people can find free fruit and nuts growing in public spaces in Christchurch

• New Canterbury digital heritage archive an open book

  Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: heritage, technology, information
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 14th January 2020 A new digital repository captures the heritage of Canterbury, with rare images and previously unpublished community and personal records now publicly accessible

• Committee green lights parking app trial

  Posted: Thursday, December 12, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: parking, technology
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 11th December 2019 A parking app trial will go ahead in Christchurch in the new year

• Digital museum gives glimpses into our history

  Posted: Thursday, October 31, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: heritage, technology
  Selwyn District Council media release: 30th October 2019 Lincoln has been turned into a giant museum where anyone with a smartphone can glimpse the history of the world around them

• All Right? Campaign update: September 2019

  Posted: Wednesday, September 4, 2019 in: Healthy Christchurch Notices With tags: newsletter, resilience, awareness, technology, maori, wellbeing, mental health
  Kia ora. Welcome to Spring, Ōtautahi! We hope you've found time to enjoy the blue sky days, the glorious views of snow covered mountains, and the daffodils that have come out to add brightness and joy

• Brilliant new enviro-tech camp initiative for kids

  Posted: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: environmental health, technology, children, young people
  A prominent Kiwi businessman has set up New Zealand’s first ever enviro-tech camp at Raglan - south of Auckland. Vaughan Fergusson is the founder of New Zealand’s high-growth tech success story Vend and founder of OMGTech!

• Maori and Pacific health app being trialled

  Posted: Thursday, April 19, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: maori, pacific, health, technology
  Ol@-Or@ is a healthy lifestyle mobile app and website developed for Māori and Pasifika people. The app is being trialled and could be rolled out nationally next year

• Department of Conservation launches an app

  Posted: Thursday, May 1, 2014 in: Earthquake With tags: earthquake recovery, environment, environmental health, technology
  The ‘Imagine’ app is an initiative from the Department of Conservation in response to the Christchurch city earthquake rebuild