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📱 Did you know our Guide to TikTok for NZ Parents, Guardians and Whānau is available in te reo Māori?

This Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, explore a practical resource designed to help whānau better understand TikTok and support their rangatahi to have safer experiences online.

The guide walks you through TikTok’s safety and privacy tools, including Family Pairing, screen time settings, managing content and direct messages. It’s useful even if you don’t use TikTok yourself, helping you understand the platform, talk with your tamariki about how they use it and make informed decisions together.

It also includes a digital safety agreement to help start kōrero at home about boundaries, expectations and what to do if something goes wrong online.

📖 Read the guide in te reo Māori or English :
https://netsafe.org.nz/social-media-safety/tiktok -guide-to-tiktok-for-parents-and-guardians

Did you know Hector’s World is available in te reo Māori? 🐬

This Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, watch Hector’s World with your tamariki.

Hector’s World is an animated online safety series that follows Hector the dolphin and his friends as they explore the online world, helping tamariki learn about protecting personal information, making safe choices online and talking to a trusted adult when something doesn’t feel right.

Created for tamariki aged 6–10, the seven-episode series is free to watch and a great way to bring te reo Māori and online safety learning into your home, school or kura.

Watch an episode together and start a kōrero about what your tamariki noticed or learned.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvbZH6_zdpLNfN60NSrelK7kVeRoUBG38

English version here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvbZH6_zdpLPwM-l6qeOMEScbHTQ1NzDl

💬 What does safer communication online look like?

The Harmful Digital Communications Act (HDCA) is a New Zealand law that helps people dealing with serious or repeated harmful digital communications, including things like online harassment, threats and other harmful online behaviour.

The Act includes 10 communication principles that set out how people should communicate online.

For Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, we're spotlighting our guide to the 10 Principles of the Harmful Digital Communications Act, available in te reo Māori. 💜

Tirohia te rauemi/Explore the te reo Māori resource:
https://netsafe.org.nz/business-and-community/te-reo-maori-online-safety-resources #10-principles-of-the-harmful-digital-communications-act

Want to understand more about the HDCA, how it works and how Netsafe can help? Read more in English here:
https://netsafe.org.nz/our-work/helpline-services/the-harmful-digital-communications-act

Looking for online safety learning in te reo Māori?

Our Digital Safety Microlearn Programme includes six episodes in te reo Māori. Made in partnership with Tātai Aho Rau (Core Education) and sponsored by the Education and Innovation Partnership Trust.

The short modules explore topics including misinformation, different perspectives, rights and responsibilities, media, and finding and understanding information online. They’re a practical way to build digital safety and media literacy knowledge in te reo Māori.

This Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, explore an episode yourself or share the programme with your whānau, kura or community. 💜

🔗 Explore the Digital Safety Microlearn Programme: https://netsafe.org.nz/business-and-community/te-reo-maori-online-safety-resources -safety-microlearn-programme

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori starts today!

From 14–20 September, it’s a chance to celebrate te reo Māori and bring more of it into our everyday lives, including online.

Netsafe has free online safety resources in te reo Māori for whānau, teachers and communities, including:

📖 An online safety glossary
🔎 Scam-awareness resources
👪 The Online Safety Parent Toolkit
And much more!

Throughout the week, we’ll highlight a few resources you can use at home or in your school or kura.

Explore the collection https://netsafe.org.nz/business-and-community/te-reo-maori-online-safety-resources

Navigating the online world can be tricky, and grown-ups don’t need to know everything! 💻💜

That’s where our Digital Guardian Guide comes in. It’s packed with free tools, advice and resources to help parents and caregivers support tamariki and rangatahi online. Whether you’re preparing for a digital first, starting a tricky conversation, or simply trying to understand their online world a little better.

Start a kōrero with our Kōrero Cards, hear directly from young people through our podcasts, prepare for digital firsts, work through tougher conversations with our Conversation Guides, or catch up on the latest online safety issues and trends.

And that’s just the start. There’s plenty more to explore, go check it out! 👀

🔗 Explore the Digital Guardian Guide: https://digitalguardian.guide/

Today is International Literacy Day, a day to celebrate the importance of literacy and the opportunities it creates.

Literacy today includes knowing how to navigate the online world. Digital literacy helps ākonga find information, think critically about what they see, recognise misleading content and make safer choices online.

To support this learning, Netsafe has a free resource hub for educators across Aotearoa New Zealand. The Kete brings together ready-to-use classroom activities, lesson plans and resources that help schools and kura build online safety and digital citizenship into their teaching.

If you’re an educator and haven’t explored the Kete yet, take a look at the free resources available for Years 0–13: education.netsafe.org.nz

We’re proud to support Child Safeguarding Week 2026. 💜

This year’s campaign asks an important question: How safe are the places your children go?

From 7–13 September, Child Safeguarding Week is bringing together free information, resources and learning opportunities to help strengthen safeguarding for tamariki and rangatahi across Aotearoa.

You can find their website here: childsafeguardingweek.org.nz

As part of the week, Netsafe is hosting a free webinar Understanding cyberbullying and online safety for tweens and teens.

📅 Wednesday 9th September
💻 Free online webinar

Register for the webinar: https://netsafe-org-nz.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Sf0CxILQSniBrdvcJLuh6Q #/registration

Safeguarding Children New Zealand

Young people aren’t just part of the conversation about online safety they’re helping shape the solutions here at Netsafe.

Through Netsafe’s three-year Otago Young Digital Leaders Pilot, 33 rangatahi from across Dunedin and Central Otago have surveyed more than 630 of their peers about the benefits and challenges of growing up online.

Young Digital Leader Shiva Kasibhatla said “It’s really opened my eyes as to how important it is to listen before trying to create solutions.”

The insights gathered will now help the young leaders develop practical, relevant resources for their peers and communities.

Thank you to the Daily Encourager for sharing the voices of Shiva and fellow Young Digital Leader Betty Pagulayan.

Read the full story: https://dailyencourager.co.nz/teens-at-heart-of-digital-safety-solutions/

This pilot is supported by Otago Community Trust, Central Lakes Trust and Spark Foundation.

Teens at heart of digital safety solutions - Daily Encourager 5 HOPES Young people in Otago are leading a three year project that will help their peers keep themselves safe from online harm. They’re learning much in the process, including how important it is to listen before trying to create solutions. In December 2025, the Otago Community Trust announced a ...