20.06.2006
The Ministry of Justice has decided on its shortlists for two infrastructure projects, which could be worth as much as $500 million over seven years, industry sources suggest.
20.02.2006
A new course, the Unlimited Potential course, being initiated jointly by the Government of New Zealand and Microsoft, aims to give computer skills to people who may never have had the opportunity.
31.01.2006
ICT professionals in New Zealand will soon be able to upgrade their business qualifications while they work, thanks to a postgraduate certificate approved by the Tertiary Education Commission.
27.01.2006
An OECD report shows that children in New Zealand have a high level of access to information communications technology at school. The report “Are Students Ready for a Technology-Rich World” rated New Zealand secondary school students fifth out of 41 countries for access to ICT such as computers and the Internet.
11.08.2005
New Zealand's State Services Minister Trevor Mallard said that the NZ$14 million e-government project would improve collaboration between government agencies and reduce unnecessary costs and duplication of effort.
22.07.2005
New Zealand's Education Minister has announced that The New Zealand Ministry of Education has signed an agreement with Novell to license a range of software for all schools.
24.06.2005
Information and communication technologies offer innovative and interesting tools to make teaching and learning more meaningful. Integration of ICTs in educational policies and programmes has gained priority in both developed and developing countries.
16.05.2005
The New Zealand Government has allocated more than $53 million in this year's budget to create a digital future accessible to all the citizens.
01.12.2004
Students of Wellington's Brooklyn School will now use mobile learning technologies such as hand-held personal computers fitted with a touch-sensitive screen and a stylus instead of a keyboard to improve their literacy and numeracy. This is part of the Digital Opportunities projects, which are joint initiatives between schools and businesses and the government of New Zealand.
26.11.2004
A survey of secondary schools in New Zealand has revealed that barrier to access to computers is still a major deterrent for ICT-based learning for students. Lack of confidence prevents the school teachers to use applications integrating ICTs into learning modules in those schools, shows the survey.
05.02.2004
Three schools from around New Zealand have been recognised for their web sites on local heritage with the inaugural UNESCO Living Heritage Award. These web sites preserve New ZealandÂ’s heritage through the eyes of school children, using digital technology to capture it for future generations.
12.01.2003
The South African government's battle for control of the Internet domain southafrica.com appears doomed to failure as a result of a precedent-setting ruling that a country's name is not a trademark that a government has the right to own.
26.12.2002
The move to an information society may be perpetuating social and economic inequalities and access to technology is only part of the problem, says a new report. Dismantling social and cultural barriers is just as important as increasing technology access and education, say the researchers.
02.12.2002
This week's conference of the Journalism Education Association of New Zealand highlighted the success of online journalism programmes across the Pacific, including an initiative to establish an independent press in East Timor.
30.09.2002
ICTs are helping governments become more transparent and accountable to citizens, UNESCO has said, citing a recently released joint study> conducted with the Commonwealth Network of Information Technology for Development. But the 15-nation study also found new technologies "posing a challenge to traditional decision-making structures", the UN agency added.
27.08.2002
Prepared by the Commonwealth Network of Information Technology for Development (COMNET-IT), the study includes 15 country abstracts providing an initial snapshot for countries chosen to represent different situations in each of UNESCO's region.
27.08.2002
Prepared by the Commonwealth Network of Information Technology for Development (COMNET-IT), the study includes 15 country abstracts providing an initial snapshot for countries chosen to represent different situations in each of UNESCO's region.
