This article was written by Former Netsafe CEO Martin Cocker in the lead up to the 2018 Trans-Tasman Online Safety Conference – The Crossroads. One of the defining characteristics of online safety is change. New technologies throw up new challenges (or new variations on existing ones). Online safety people are constantly at a crossroads faced…
Being bullied online can really knock your confidence and it can be hard to know how to get back to feeling normal again. We’ve put together some ideas of things you could try if you’re recovering from something hurtful that happened online. Talk it out: It can be hard to reach out for help and…
Social media makes it easy to create a version of yourself that doesn’t always tell the whole story. So how can you tell the difference between social media and reality? We’ve put together a few things worth thinking about if social media is getting you down. Social media doesn’t tell the whole story It’s easy…
Young people still need some guidance from adults, so they know how to get help if they need it. We’ve created this interactive tool to help you work out what you should think about talking to them about.
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…
This factsheet is part of a larger quantitative research project about Youth Accessing Support led by Netsafe in partnership with the Ministry for Women exploring New Zealand teens’ experiences of digital risk and harm. There would be few young people in New Zealand who aren’t online living out their daily lives. Netsafe is a charity…
Sometimes it can feel like sending nudes is happening everywhere, especially as new technology has made it easier to take, send and share images. While it might seem like everyone is sharing nudes, research in New Zealand shows it’s less common than you might think. Although a lot of young people have been asked for…
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,…
This report presents the findings of a nationally representative study whose purpose was to explore the experiences, attitudes, and behaviours of New Zealand teens about digital communications including harm and/or distress. It was conducted by Netsafe in partnership with the Ministry for Women. While there is growing interest in examining young people’s experiences and use…
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…
