2 x Articles 16/12/20 - Tech jobs, Covid-19

[Kiwi Frontline]

MISSION READY TO DRAW MAORI INTO TECH JOBS

Auckland Council has teamed up with education provider Mission Ready to encourage more Māori and Pasifika into the tech sector.

Mission Ready director Diana Sharma says just 2 per cent of New Zealand’s technology workers come from those groups.

That has come about not just because of the so-called digital divide, with young Māori having less access to computers and the internet, but because of the existing lack of diversity in the sector.......

www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjYyNzc/Mission-Ready-to-draw-Maori-into-tech-jobs

[Kiwi Frontline]

SAFEGUARDING AT-RISK MĀTAURANGA MĀORI FROM THE ONGOING THREAT OF COVID-19

Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Carmel Sepuloni, has announced 18 initiatives to support iwi, hapū, whānau and Māori communities to safeguard at-risk mātauranga Māori, and protect indigenous knowledge from the ongoing threat of COVID-19.

These initiatives are being funded through the $20 million Mātauranga Māori Te Awe Kōtuku programme announced in Budget 2020.  Key initiatives include direct funding for national cultural organisations to deliver wānanga and training programmes in partnership with communities, as well as contestable funding for specific projects.......

www.beehive.govt.nz/release/safeguarding-risk-m%C4%81tauranga-m%C4%81ori-ongoing-threat-covid-19