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Netsafe conference
Netsafe and Australia’s eSafety Commissioner are proud to co-host another trans-Tasman online safety conference. For the first time since 2018, the conference will return to New Zealand on 24 & 25 October 2023 (in Te Pae, Christchurch). 2023 Theme This year’s conference is titled “Breaking Glass Ceilings and Building Bridges: a trans-Tasman conference exploring the…
Micro Learning
Micro Learns Welcome to Netsafe’s six new micro learning moments. We’ve built these to support New Zealanders to develop the digital skills to have safer online experiences. From developing media literacy skills to privacy settings on Facebook and Instagram, to the developing Metaverse and key safety considerations when using VR and AR technologies, these modules…
Top Tips
Top resources and tips for older people
This year we have launched new tools to help older people safeguard themselves against online harms, including The Little Black Book of Scams, the ‘Check Netsafe‘ website checker and our online webinar of fraud tips and advice (all linked below). This was important to us because digital technology is playing a growing role in the…
Romance scams
Romance scammers are good at what they do and can spend months building up trust before they start to ask for sums of money. There’s no fail-proof way to identify a romance scam, but there are signs to look out for.
Sextortion Scams
Webcam blackmail has evolved as a new way to demand money after video chat sessions are recorded and threats made to publish recordings online
Advice for parents
Te Reo Māori online safety resources
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (11 to 17 September 2023) this year challenges individuals and groups to set and achieve reo Māori goals from greeting everyone in te reo Māori to speaking solely in te reo Māori. Below is a selection of the support materials we have previously translated for our staff, whānau, communities. DOWNLOAD OUR…
Tongan online safety resources
Lea Faka-Tonga – Tonga Language week (3 September – 9 September). This week is about encouraging use of the language, celebrating and promoting it. So we thought it could be helpful to pull together all of our previously translated materials into one, easy-to-find place. Netsafe can support you if you feel someone has breached this…
#MyFriendToo
To mark Best Friends’ Day 2023 (8 June) Netsafe has partnered with our friends at Protect Children in Europe, to raise awareness among young people of the rise of sextortion / image-based abuse and how rangatahi can help their friends in a crisis. [Protect Children is the only organisation in Finland dedicated to preventing sexual…
Online scams
Plain language romance scams
Netsafe and Spectrum Care have written this plain language romance scams guide. It offers advice for people with an intellectual disability, and those who support them. You can read our other plain language guides here. Romance scams: plain language guide Finding friends online can be fun. Sometimes, that friendship can turn to love. Sadly, some people…
Facebook Trading Scams
Facebook helps you keep up with family and friends and share what’s going on. It’s also home to popular local ‘buy and sell’ groups, and Facebook pages for businesses. Although a lot of these pages and sellers are genuine, there are some people who use marketplace and trading scams to target people on Facebook. We’ve…
Tax Scams
Tax scams spike during important dates in the tax calendar. Find out more about common tax scams such as refund emails and overdue tax calls now. When does tax scams peak? Netsafe receives an increased number of scam reports about tax year-round, although these reports often spike around important dates in the tax calendar. This includes dates…