Health & Safety

Making Aotearoa safer online

<h2>During the last year&comma; Netsafe research shows one in five teenagers and one in 10 adults were harmed by something they experienced online&period; This week is Netsafety Week 2021 and the aim is to &&num;8216&semi;Make Aotearoa Safer Online&&num;8217&semi;&period; <&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;As the past 18 months have shown&comma; online connection is important and because Netsafe is receiving increasingly more requests for help under the Harmful Digital Communications Act&comma; we have joined Netsafe’s campaign&period; We’re proudly supporting New Zealand’s first Netsafety week and celebrating the positive power of the internet&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said NZTech CEO Graeme Muller&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Every week in this country&comma; over 400 people seek help for online harassment&comma; image-based abuse&comma; hate speech&comma; grooming&comma; scams and school incidents&period; This week is designed to make Aotearoa safer online by raising awareness&comma; sharing support and inspiring positive change&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Here are some of the Netsafety Week activities and events happening this week&colon; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Wednesday 28                    <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Netsafe webinar&colon; Scam Spotting with Sean Lyons from 12&period;30 – 1&period;30pm&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eventbrite&period;co&period;nz&sol;e&sol;netsafes-guide-to-scam-spotting-tickets-163935504507" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Register here<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Netsafe Woman Working Group workshop&period; This Group has been established to connect relevant agencies that operate in the grey area of digital technology and abuse&comma; and to work collaboratively to best support woman facing harm online<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Linewize webinar&colon; The Naked Truth at 3&period;45pm&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;linewize&period;io&sol;netsafety-week-2021-webinar-the-naked-truth-lp&quest;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;EDU&percnt;20NZ&percnt;20WEV&percnt;202107&percnt;20-&percnt;20Netsafety&percnt;20Week&percnt;3A&percnt;20The&percnt;20Naked&percnt;20Truth&percnt;20Webinar&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;email&amp&semi;&lowbar;hsmi&equals;140481555&amp&semi;&lowbar;hsenc&equals;p2ANqtz-9r85Bygs5DjjCr7lojYqV0N7u20mICzbNvEIRQnRWqQPVbQdYNebenDAf4F0TYdN&lowbar;YsWU-6HxroBIZTIy3BJru9-ps1Q&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;content&equals;140481555&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;hs&lowbar;email" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Register here<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Education sector presentation at the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;hail&period;to&sol;vln-primary-school&sol;article&sol;BuRFEBh&quest;fbclid&equals;IwAR0bNgya7oVtYhafqI6AFaawCv55HZ3NQtIcOcNrhysnIim7dKaKZKUZX9E" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Virtual Learning Network<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p><strong>Thursday 29                        <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Student activation&colon; AUT University&comma; City Campus&comma; WG306 &lpar;opposite Newsfeed&rpar;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Hamilton Library online safety session at Hillcrest Library from 6 – 7pm&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;hamiltonlibraries&period;co&period;nz&sol;whats-on&sol;event-calendar&sol;net-safety-night&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Register here<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Education sector presentation at the Al-Madinah School<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;netsafe&period;org&period;nz&sol;onlinesafetycodeofpractice&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Online Safety Code of Practice<&sol;a> meeting with industry participants<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p><strong> Friday 30   <&sol;strong><strong>  <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Netsafe webinar&colon; Digital Parenting with Martin Cocker from 12&period;30 – 1&period;30pm&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eventbrite&period;co&period;nz&sol;e&sol;netsafes-digital-parenting-webinar-tickets-164404699883" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Register here<&sol;a><&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;netsafeNZ" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Twitter<&sol;a> Live Chat<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>There are plenty of online safety resources available from Netsafe&comma; here&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;netsafe&period;org&period;nz&sol;netsafetyweek&sol;&num;supporterresources" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;netsafe&period;org&period;nz&sol;netsafetyweek&sol;&num;supporterresources<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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