Proposed
New Zealand Child Internet Safety Act
For over 30 years, we’ve had the internet in our homes.
And for 30 years, that internet has remained unfiltered for most of our children, exposing them to everything the internet has to offer.
We surveyed 4,671 parents. A staggering 92.9% had little to no idea how to keep their children safe online. That’s not a parenting failure—it’s a systemic failure.
In 2025, we put our heads together and discussed what a solution may look like.
Rob wrote a bill making it as straightforward as possible, making sure it doesn't take away any adult’s "freedom of speech" or access.
It just ensures our kids are protected from the worst parts of the internet—by default.
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The Problem? - Most parents believe filtering is too complicated to figure out.
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His Solution? What if filtering was easy? What if the internet was safe for our kids by default?
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Kid Safe Routers in every home. - Filtered connection for children and an unfiltered connection for adults.
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Smart SIMs - 18+ and Under 18 SIM cards for every device
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Manufacturers - Required to offer models with mandatory built-in internet filtering for minors
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Parents and Guardians have a duty of care to ensure that minors under their care can only access filtered internet.
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To read the proposed New Zealand Child Internet Safety Act click here
Zareen drafted a multi-stage framework, incorporating Rob's bill, covering App filtering, ensuring that young people could still have access to bona fide mental health support, and providing a proposal to create a centralised online safety organisation.
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To read the multi-stage proposal - A Multi-Staged Framework For Child Digital Safety, Wellbeing and Governance.
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To read the App filtering proposal - App Ratings and Access Control Framework Proposal
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To read the mental health support proposal - YouthConnect NZ Proposal
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For further information on the centralised online safety organisation, please contact us.
To read our Survey - Our Kids Online Parent Survey Results from 4671 Parents
How you can help. - If you know any MPs who you think could help push Rob's bill, please introduce us. The more MPs who are on board with keeping our kids safe online the greater the chanve the bill will be passed.
Protecting Kids Online Isn’t Optional - It’s Overdue