Submission to Education and Workforce Committee: Inquiry into the harm young New Zealanders encounter online

Mokopuna have the right to be safe in all the spaces they live their lives, including online. Mana Mokopuna - Children and Young People's Commission welcomes this Inquiry and the intent to safeguard the wellbeing of mokopuna in the digital environment.

This submission is focused on supporting the Inquiry to be informed by a children’s rights approach and to adopt this in its consideration of online harm prevention for mokopuna. This is important given Aotearoa New Zealand’s duties and obligations as a States Party to the Children’s Convention.

In this submission, we provide contextual information and comment for the Committee’s consideration on:

We also focus on the nature, severity and prevalence of online harm and the roles that Government, business, and society should play in addressing those harms.