# 2026 Office for Seniors - Web Capture - Digital Literacy Training for Seniors

**Source Organisation:** Office for Seniors
**Publication Date:** 2026
**Original Source URL:** https://www.officeforseniors.govt.nz/our-work/digital-inclusion/digital-literacy-training-for-seniors
**Category:** funding-finance
**Document Type:** MD
**Document ID:** doc-0495
**Tags:** #funding-finance #digital-inclusion #NZ #pip-idea

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## Key Facts & Findings

- Programme delivered since 2019; Budget 2022 added $1.341M over three years.
- Expansion target: 5,000 more senior participants in essential digital skills.
- SeniorNet a named delivery partner - workshops supporting 8,500 older adults.
- Seniors CONNECT: 300 Māori kaumātua and 200 Pacific matua trained in culturally appropriate settings.
- About 1 in 4 older people do not regularly use the internet.
- Official MSD advice said the Budget 2022 funding would expire at the end of June 2026.
- No replacement GETS tender or open funding stream was verified by 10 August 2026.
- The Essential Digital Skills Evaluation Framework remains a useful programme-design reference.

## Summary & Research Notes

The Office for Seniors delivered the Digital Literacy Training for Seniors programme from 2019. Budget 2022 allocated an additional $1.341 million over three years to continue and expand it, including a 5,000-participant target and delivery through SeniorNet and Seniors CONNECT. Official MSD advice released in September 2024 said this funding would expire at the end of June 2026. The Better Later Life Action Plan still supports digital-literacy delivery through existing networks, but no replacement tender or open funding stream was verified by 10 August 2026. Treat the programme as a policy, evaluation and relationship precedent rather than money currently available to PiP.

## Evidence & Quality Scores

- **Authority Score:** 5/100
- **Freshness Score:** 5/100
- **Relevance Score:** 5/100
- **Knowledge Base Value:** 5/100
- **Target Audience:** General