Pretoria Gordon

1 week ago | rnz.co.nz | Pretoria Gordon

An online safety advocate is calling for legislation to protect children and young people, as referrals to police about children being groomed on Snapchat have increased five-fold since 2021. Makes Sense co-founder Jo Robertson told RNZ that New Zealand was more than a decade behind other comparable countries. "We're just watching and waiting, looking and seeing... and while we do that, kids all over the country are seeing horrific content. "They're increasingly getting groomed and exploited.

1 month ago | rnz.co.nz | Pretoria Gordon

Six young New Zealanders are travelling to France this weekend to attend a global Ocean Citizen Summit. The summit - hosted at Nausicaá - Centre National de la Mer in Boulogne sur Mer in France - will bring together more than 60 young people from around the world. Quack Pirihi, Lottie Stevenson, Kat Cooper, Maia Horn, Wei Heng Pok, and Veronica Rotman were selected to represent New Zealand following a series of workshops held by WWF and Save the Children last year.

1 month ago | rnz.co.nz | Pretoria Gordon

"Technology has the power to connect, empower, and transform lives - but only if it is designed with everyone in mind."That was the message from Access Matters Aotearoa's Kōrero for Change webinar last month. The 2023 Household Disability Survey found 10 percent of children and 18 percent of adults were disabled - a total of 851,000 people, or 17 percent of the population.

1 month ago | nzherald.co.nz | Pretoria Gordon

By Pretoria Gordon of RNZ As the Flare Ōtautahi Street Art Festival came to an end on Sunday, the city of Christchurch told a story that went beyond those that had been painted. Christchurch was once known as “the most English city outside of England”, but Watch This Space creative director Dr Reuben Woods said a lot had changed in the 14 years since the magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck on February 22, 2011.

1 month ago | rnz.co.nz | Pretoria Gordon

Organisers of New Zealand's first 'ocean-grown' festival - Seaweed Fest 2025 - say it was a big success. It has been touted as a potential replacement for Homegrown, which will be held on the Wellington waterfront for one last time this Saturday. "It might not be as big as Homegrown - yet - but we are absolutely blown away by the interest and enthusiasm from the community over the past week," organiser Love Rimurimu project lead Zoe Studd said.