Department of Internal Affairs | Te Tari Taiwhenua

Digital Safety

Making the digital world a safer place
for everyone

The Digital Safety Group work with domestic and international agencies to help prevent New Zealanders
from online harm in relation to child sexual exploitation, violent extremist content and unsolicited commercial electronic messages.

About the Digital Safety Group
Information about online safety
Report harmful content
Report spam

Guidance for online content hosts

     
     Information about retaining illegal
     content for evidential purposes.

Recent news/projects

• 25-year-old caught distributing over 1000 images of child sexual exploitation material online (12 February 2026)
• Nelson man sentenced to two years imprisonment for possessing child sexual exploitation material (9 April 2025)
• Over 1 million websites blocked, and 47 investigations conducted in 2023, finds DIA Digital Child Exploitation Team end of year reporting

• Spam Prevention
  & Compliance

  Information about spam including tips for avoiding spam and what NZ spam law means for businesses.

• Countering Violent Extremism Online

  Information on how the Department responds to terrorist and violent extremist content online.

• Preventing Child Exploitation Online

  Information on how the Department responds to child sexual abuse material online.      

• Classification in New Zealand

  An overview of the classification services we provide including Commercial Video On-Demand.