A Parent’s Guide to Instagram
Learn more about Instagram and how you can help keep young people safe as they share their life in pictures
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Screen time advice for parents
You are here: Online Safety Parent Toolkit > Understand With so many ways to connect and be entertained, many parents worry about how much time their children spend online. Netsafe has put some advice together to help you work out what’s right for your family. How many hours a day should kids be spending online?…
Parenting & Pornography NZ, UK & AUS Report
Exposure to pornography is recognised as a real risk for children online, ranking highly, alongside cyberbullying and contact with strangers. Recognising the important role parents play in protecting their children from risks online such as exposure to pornography, Netsafe New Zealand, alongside the Office of the eSafety Commissioner in Australia, and the Safer Internet Centre…
Parenting & Pornography Report
This report released December 2018 presents findings from a larger quantitative study about parenting and Pornography, digital technologies and online risks. It focuses on parents and caregivers’ awareness and attitudes regarding their child’s exposure to sexually explicit content online. The study was conducted in New Zealand based on a nationally representative sample. Summary of findings…
Online bullying: advice for parents
Advice for parents and caregivers dealing with online bullying.
Online resources for parents and the community
A whole school approach that involves everyone in your school community is most likely to foster online safety behaviours and help young people become digital citizens. The following resources may be useful to help schools begin to work in partnership with whānau and communities. Use them to: Talk about what is important and appropriate in…
Win BIG with Hector’s World
To celebrate the launch of the new Hector’s World animated series we’re offering up the opportunity for one lucky family to win an epic prize bundle! Designed with family fun in mind, this prize pack has something for everyone, providing online and offline entertainment for all the whānau. Valued at over $4,000 the prize bundle…
Welcome to Hector’s World!
Educating, Entertaining and Empowering Tomorrow’s Digital Citizens Hector’s World is a New Zealand made animated educational series – with full resource suite for school and home – designed to inspire online safety conversations with primary-aged children. Developed by Netsafe, New Zealand’s leading online safety non-profit organization, this project builds on the successful first launch…
Snapchat Guide
A guide to Snapchat. Find out the features of Snapchat, what you can do in it and the safety tools available.
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…