As classrooms across Aotearoa New Zealand become increasingly digital, ensuring ākonga are safer online is a shared responsibility across the entire education sector. Netsafety Week 2026 is on now – from 17–23 August – and offers a timely focus on what can be achieved...
‘Please enter your password’ - this is a phrase that can spark a specific kind of dread in a busy school staff member. From the Student Management System to the Learning Management System, email, and various education apps, the average educator is now juggling a...
Understanding responsibilities and best practices for your school Whether they’re sending an email from their school account, sending a message in Google Classroom, chatting in Teams, or commenting on a classmate’s Google doc, today’s ākonga do a lot of their...
As part of N4L’s ongoing security monitoring, our Security Services team detected cases of sophisticated impersonation attacks targeting some schools. The attackers in a couple of cases had registered an expired, unused domain name formerly associated with a school...
In today’s increasingly digital learning environment, keeping ākonga more secure online is just as important as keeping an eye on them during a school trip. But when it comes to the school network, terms like internet security and Wi-Fi security are often mixed up -...
Think of the internet like a huge network of destinations (websites), and you’re planning a trip. Domain Name System (DNS) is like a travel agent for the Internet. You tell the travel agent where you want to go by name - they handle the exact address and booking...
What does your school or kura need to know about protecting ākonga online? What does online safety mean for your school or kura? Is it about keeping ākonga from seeing inappropriate content? Blocking social media? Stopping scams before they get to inboxes? Preventing...