Online Safety Code of Practice
The code commits a range of technology companies to reducing the risk of online content that may cause harm to New Zealanders
Recent work
Understanding fake news in NZ
Netsafe has undertaken a New Zealand first survey to better understand the awareness towards false and misleading information. As the survey reveals most people have experienced fake news, we have created the Your News Bulletin to help educate people on how to spot it. What did Netsafe’s survey reveal? Netsafe’s survey revealed Kiwis are getting caught…
Netsafe joins INHOPE board
How to report online child sexual exploitationNetsafe is proud to announce that Sean Lyons, our Director of Education & Engagement, has been voted back on to the Board of INHOPE, the umbrella organisation uniting a network of 48 hotlines tackling child sexual abuse imagery online and child sexual exploitation around the world. This comes at…
Stay Connected, Stay Safe
Netsafe has launched the ‘Stay Connected, Stay Safe’ education campaign to help people have better online experiences during lockdown. #stayconnectedstaysafe encourages people to use and engage with all the different types of technology on offer to help them stay connected and provides tips and advice about how to do it safely. Martin Cocker, Netsafe CEO,…
Don’t be a Nick
Don’t be Nick is Netsafe’s digital campaign for New Zealand social media targeted at young people around the issue of sharing nudes online without consent – also known as image-based abuse or revenge porn. Incidents of sextortion are also on the rise where local young people in New Zealand are targeted to share their nudes…
The Crossroads 2018
On 10-11 October 2018 Netsafe and the Australian Office of the eSafety Commissioner co-hosted The Crossroads 2018 Trans-Tasman Online Safety Conference. The theme of the conference was The Crossroads: Where online safety, education, entertainment, regulation, enforcement, technology and wellbeing intersect. The Crossroads brought together over 200 delegates from New Zealand, Australia and around the world…
Become a Netsafe School
The Netsafe Schools programme helps schools establish, develop and promote online safety, citizenship and wellbeing in their school community. The programme is free to join, and many schools will already have in the place the practices needed to qualify. Our programme has been guided by research to empower schools with the knowledge and capability to…
The new Netsafe Kit is here!
We’re excited to launch the new Netsafe Kit! The Netsafe Kit provides New Zealand schools and kura with a comprehensive set of tools and resources to create and maintain a safe online environment in a way that fits authentically with their own school community values and needs. The Netsafe Kit for Schools was first introduced in 2000 and…
Evolving complexities & how the Netsafe Kit can help
In the lead up to the launch of the new Netsafe Kit, Former Education Advisor Anjela Webster writes about her experiences navigating growing complexities with technology use and how the new Netsafe Kit can help schools. The year is 2007. Social Media has arrived on our shores. My daughter wants a Bebo account. At school,…
Why self-serve tools are important for schools
In the lead up to the launch of the new Netsafe Kit, Former Education Advisor Pauline Spence writes about self-serve tools and why there’s no ‘one size fits all’ for schools improving online safety. As a kid growing up back in the 80s (ok, the 70s), life was pretty sweet. Friday night fish and chips…