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Evidence snapshot for New Zealand
New Zealand has implemented several major digital inclusion and equity initiatives. The Care and Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlement Act 2017 delivered a NZD 2 billion settlement raising wages 15–50% for 55,000 predominantly female workers, while the Marae Digital Connectivity Programme has connected 676 of 877 eligible marae to free broadband and training since 2019. Papa Reo demonstrates indigenous data sovereignty in action, building a 92%-accurate te reo Māori speech model that powers transcription services for roughly 20 radio stations. However, the Government Web Accessibility Standard shows implementation gaps—a 2018 audit found only 65% average compliance with accessibility requirements across government websites, though standards have been strengthened to WCAG 2.2 Level AA as of March 2025.
Drawn from: New Zealand Care and Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlement Act 2017 · Papa Reo — Te Hiku Media's Māori Speech-AI Platform Built on Indigenous Data Sovereignty · New Zealand Government Web Accessibility Standard · Marae Digital Connectivity Programme · SilverTech smartphone course for older adults (Age Concern Otago) · SilverTech Smartphone Digital Literacy Course · Skinny Jump – Subsidised Mobile Broadband for Low-Income Households · Kia Toipoto: New Zealand's Public Service Pay Gaps Action Plan
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +37 pts 86 here · 49 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +34 pts 81 here · 47 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Impact on gender equality +8 pts 78 here · 70 average
Weaknesses
Teacher capability & pedagogy -9 pts 29 here · 38 average
Inclusiveness / equity -10 pts 33 here · 43 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -10 pts 63 here · 74 average
Effectiveness -11 pts 56 here · 66 average
Achievement / evidence -20 pts 67 here · 87 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -22 pts 67 here · 89 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: New Zealand. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
New Zealand Care and Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlement Act 2017 · 96
Papa Reo — Te Hiku Media's Māori Speech-AI Platform Built on Indigenous Data Sovereignty · 96
New Zealand Government Web Accessibility Standard · 96
Marae Digital Connectivity Programme · 92
SilverTech smartphone course for older adults (Age Concern Otago) · 88
SilverTech Smartphone Digital Literacy Course · 88
Skinny Jump – Subsidised Mobile Broadband for Low-Income Households · 88
Kia Toipoto: New Zealand's Public Service Pay Gaps Action Plan · 85
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
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Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 3 other places
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 4 other places
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
Copenhagen Business Hub (Erhvervshus Hovedstaden) · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Abolition of Chhaupadi — Ending Menstrual Exile Huts in Nepal's Far- and Mid-Western Districts · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Guyana's One-Third Gender Candidate Quota — Two Decades of Sustained Representation · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Serbia's 40% Electoral Gender Quota — From One-in-Three to Near-Parity Party Lists (2020-2025) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more