

Kia Kaha is a school based programe that aims to help schools create environments where all members of the community feel safe, valued and respected and bullying cannot flourish.

Kia Kaha is a school based programe that aims to help schools create environments where all members of the community feel safe, valued and respected and bullying cannot flourish.

Kia Kaha is a school based programe that aims to help schools create environments where all members of the community feel safe, valued and respected and bullying cannot flourish.

Kia Kaha is a school based programe that aims to help schools create environments where all members of the community feel safe, valued and respected and bullying cannot flourish.

Childnet's cyberbullying film, Let’s Fight It Together, is a unique drama documentary produced by students with accompanying lesson plans and classroom discussion points.

NetSafe's film, At a Distance, is a unique drama documentary created and filmed in New Zealand.

The Hector’s World initiative teaches young people how to become confident and responsible digital citizens. The animated episodes feature Hector and his Silicon Deep friends as they learn safe, responsible behaviors when using technology. The stories promote seeking advice from trusted adults.

Information for teachers on cyberbullying including:

What to do if you are receiving unwanted phone messages

What to do if you are receiving unwanted phone messages

Identity theft is when someone sets up a webpage (or uses documents like passports) to pretend they are you. Sometimes on social networking sites like Facebook, people can set up a page which looks like you made it, but it says mean things about you and makes you look bad. This is a form of harassment and any kind of harassment - online or off - is not OK.

Cyberbullying is a big concern for children and young people and parents and caregivers can gain more information and advice by going to

(link) VIDEO: This video covers the tricky subject of inadvertent bullying and how schools can address it. The description from the site reads:

(link) VIDEO: The description from the site reads "Cyberbulling is an issue for staff and pupils at both primary and secondary level.

Simon Edmonds

We have been experiencing a problem with Facebook, which has been used in bullying and compromising other student's and teachers' privacy.

NetSafe's film, At a Distance, is a unique drama documentary created and filmed in New Zealand.

A powerful video to music about bullying in general with solutions. This will be an introduction to brainstorming about ways to be a hero based on school and cyber situations.

If you’re getting scary, mean, rude, or bullying texts from someone, you can report these messages to your mobile phone company. Or if you are with Vodafone you can block that number yourself. Other phone companies can send a warning message to the bully and even cut them off the network.

This article from the Sydney Morning Herald provides a great starting point for discussions around creating digital citizens. Should we be creating Miguel Ghulin style "walled gardens" for our students or helping them to develop the appropriate skills to harness the power of the Internet and not be enslaved by it, http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/4817298/Facebook-fear-for-schoolkids

What are the cyber bullying issues for young people and adults?
Watch the ten minute Cyberbullying:the facts video to find out more about why cyberbullying matters for all New Zealanders.

What are the cyber bullying issues for young people and adults?
Watch the ten minute Cyberbullying:the facts video to find out more about why cyberbullying matters for all New Zealanders.

The (link) O(link) ffice of the Children's Commissioner release this report in 2009. This is an excellent, and comprehensive look into Bullying and Violence in schools from a child's perspective. The Commissioner decided to undertake the research after a number of high profile events that had occurred in schools;

This short (link) blog post from USA based Child's Work/ Child's Play site describes how one principal addressed bulling behavior by three young girls in primary school.

Great radio interview with the Head of Counselling at Mt Roskill Grammar Margaret Hoogendoorn with a run down on the restorative justice model they use when they have difficulty with students showing disrespect, bullying or mocking.

From Concordia University in Oregon, USA, comes another set of values to define what digital citizenship is.

Joanna Moorhead from the Guardian talks to schools, OFSTED and the Anti-Bullying Alliance about the state of bullying in UK schools, and how one school in particular, Passmore academy is dealing with it.

This is created by young people for young people and is about NOT being a bystander.