Digital Technology: Safe and responsible use in schools

The following guide is a companion to the Guidelines for the surrender and retention of property and searches.

Support Resources

  • Key contacts

    • New Zealand School Trustees Association (NZSTA)

      Phone: 0800 782 435 (STA HELP) toll free from anywhere in New Zealand

      NetSafe

      Phone: 0508 NETSAFE (638 723) toll free from anywhere in New Zealand
      Email: queries@netsafe.org.nz

      Police

      Your school’s Lead Police Contact is the conduit to the relevant Police group, if you think that a crime has occurred. 

      Contacts for your local police station(external link).

      Refer to the Police’s engagement model(external link) used to guide the development of their relationships with schools.

      Privacy Commission

      The Privacy Commissioner administers the Privacy Act 2020. The Privacy Act applies to almost every person, business or organisation in New Zealand.

      Phone: 0800 803 909 toll free from anywhere in New Zealand
      Email: enquiries@privacy.org.nz

      The Commissioner can investigate complaints about actions that may be a breach of the privacy principles in the Privacy Act. They can also consider matters that may breach other provisions of the Privacy Act.

      More information on complaints(external link).

  • Incident reporting

    • Online incident reporting

      You can report instances of online abuse including fraud, privacy breaches, online trading complaints, or online harassment, bullying and abuse to Netsafe(external link).