Young People

Come and see us at AUT!

Come and see us at AUT!

Netsafe is participating in the Auckland University of Technology ‘Mana Tū, Mana ora – Take Control of Your Wellbeing’ event, to help us better connect with rangatahi. Already there’s been great discussion about how to maximise online opportunities safely – for study and socialising – and how Netsafe can help if things go wrong. The expo…

Doxxing

Doxxing

Doxxing (sometimes spelt ‘doxing’) is a type of online harassment where people share personal or identifying information about someone online without their consent. This could include a person’s full legal name, address, place of work, phone number or contact details for family members. In many cases, people will dox a person using information they find…

Meet our interns

Meet our interns

The Netsafe team is being schooled on all things Gen Z thanks to the arrival of Sarisha and Bhaj, our Summer interns, from our Youth Action Squad. They’re upskilling on all things online safety and working with us to help us develop content and resources for rangatahi made by rangatahi. Haere mai! Meet our interns Sarisha…

Catfish or real?

Catfish or real?

A catfish is someone who pretends to be someone else online – and it isn’t always easy to spot the difference between a catfish and a real person. We’ve put together some tips to help you spot a catfish as well as advice to help if you have been catfished by someone. People catfish others online…