We are hosting Netsafety Week again this year to help provide practical tools and harm prevention support to enable New Zealanders to get the most benefit – and the least harm – while living their digital lives. This year’s Netsafety Week theme is: Arming Aotearoa with the tools for positive online experiences This year’s theme…
In February, Netsafe welcomed and inducted our newest Youth Action Squad (YAS) members. Our YAS is a cornerstone of Netsafe’s strategy to support young people as it helps equips young people with the skills and opportunities to plan youth-led initiatives, lead product and campaign design and enact positive change in their communities around the online…
Safer Internet Day 2023 will take place on Tuesday 7 February 2023 Safer Internet Day is recognised by over 150 nations globally. Netsafe coordinates Safer Internet Day here in New Zealand, to raise awareness and start conversations about a more positive online experience for everyone. Our theme for 2023 in New Zealand is “Every…
Running from November 7-13, Netsafe is launching New Zealand’s first-ever porn week. We are raising awareness about sex, pornography, image sharing, power, consent and our communities’ views. By naming the week, we hope to promote safe and positive online experiences and to remove the taboo of sexual conversations Pornography is available online and through most social media, with little-to-no age…
Netsafe has announced a partnership with New Zealand-born global movement Bodyright.me, to raise awareness of the link between online misrepresentation of the human body via unethical retouching, body dysmorphia, and mental health. The partnership comes at a time when 33% of New Zealand teens spend 4 or more hours online in an average day, and four…
The Bare Facts is a campaign developed by rangatahi, Netsafe and Classification Office Te Mana Whakaatu about the risks of taking and sharing nude images. Find out more about these new campaign now. What is The Bare Facts about? Sharing nude images is part of everyday life for many young people in Aotearoa, but not…
The internet has played a big part in keeping people connected over the past year – and that trend isn’t slowing down anytime soon – which makes it important that every person knows how to stay safe online. This is why Netsafe is proud to host New Zealand’s Netsafety Week designed to start kōrero and engage…
Netsafe has undertaken a study to better understand the community’s awareness towards online safety. Read the results now.
Netsafe has created the Online Gaming Whanāu Toolkit to help parents and guardians get to a place where they are confident to engage with their children on the world of gaming. With eighty percent of children in New Zealand aged 8-17 having played games online, it’s important that parents and whānau are equipped to understand…
Image based abuse (sometimes called image based, revenge porn or sextortion) is the name for the non-consensual sharing of intimate images under the HDCA. It is a type of online sexual harassment and can be an offence under the current Harmful Digital Communications Act. Parliament is currently considering the Harmful Digital Communications (Unauthorised Posting of Intimate…
