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Netsafety Week 2023

Building knowledge and tactical tools for
an online world that remains imperfect.

This year’s Netsafety Week theme was - 

Arming Aotearoa with the tools for positive online experiences 


The week ran from July 24 - 30 and aimed to 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.

 

We invite you to watch, share and post
these resources with your own community.

Watch

Using Social Media 


This years theme focused on resilience and self-defence; building knowledge and tactical tools for an online world that remains imperfect.

This video from Yasmin London, Director of Digital Wellbeing Australia and New Zealand, shares 3 ways that New Zealanders can protect themselves and others using social media.

 

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Share

Guidance for Using YouTube Positively


Share this guide with your parents and whānau, to help guide them with YouTube usage at home.

 Download the Guide


 

Share

How to report Social Media Incidents


 Download the Guide


Share this handy reference with your parents and whānau on how to report a social media incident. 

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What happens after NetSafety Week 2023

comes to an end?

 

Netsafety Week 2023 may be over, but its themes are still relevant. We need to continue to keep finding practical tools to protect ourselves and others online.

 

Digital Experts Academy

One way to protect your students as a school, is by ensuring your they know what it means to develop healthy digital habits and to become responsible online citizens. Digital Experts Academy is an innovative and interactive evidence-based program that utilises social and emotional learning to build resilience, promote self-regulation and develop essential digital safety skills for children to thrive in the online world.

 
Monitor

Monitor is another way that schools can be armed to ensure more positive online experiences for students. Monitor is a proactive digital safeguarding tool that helps schools detect online and offline risks before they become real-life incidents. It uses AI technology with human moderators to ensure that serious risks to health or life are detected and promptly alerts staff to prevent student harm.

 

Need additional help?

Below is a list of organisations you can reach out to:

  • What to do if you’ve been scammed and information about who can help? Visit here
  • Additional information on scams and identity theft is available through the Department of Internal Affairs
  • Need to report online harm, bullying, or toxic behaviour? You can do so via the Netsafe reporting form, calling 0508 638 723, sending an SMS to 4282, or via chatbot @Netsafe
  • Self-help tools for the New Zealand youth population are available here: Aunty Dee, Melon, ICON (In Case of Online Negativity)
  • Watch recently renowned NZ clinical psychologist Nigel Latta's documentary on scams (just aired on TVNZ)
  • A new 'Industry-led' Code of Practice for Online Safety and Harms has also just been launched. More information is available on their website.  

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