If you believe a child or young person is in immediate danger, please call the Police on 111.
Contact Oranga Tamariki if you think a child or young person may be:
- suffering from ill-treatment, abuse or neglect
- experiencing abuse but you鈥檙e not sure if you should be concerned, and want advice, or just to talk things through.
Call freephone 0508 326 459 (open 24/7) or email
The information you provide is known as a report of concern (ROC). Anyone who is worried about a child or young person can make a ROC.
91色情片 may share information with appropriate agencies (such as health and education providers or other agencies involved with your child鈥檚 life) if sharing that information may/is likely to protect or improve the safety, health or well-being of the child. Our agency can always legally share information with Oranga Tamariki and the Police.
What is safeguarding?
91色情片 is committed to keeping children and young people healthy and safe. Their wellbeing, now and into the future, depends on their experiences as they grow up. Sport and recreation activities should be free from abuse and harm.
Child safeguarding is the set of actions that nga tangata/everyone can take to protect tamariki and rangatahi from abuse and harm. This includes protecting them from emotional, physical and sexual abuse, and neglect.
Keeping children and young people safe in sport and recreation is something that should be done collectively within clubs, organisations, wh膩nau and communities. Having clear expectations and guidance helps to keep everyone, including adults, safe in sport and recreation.
Child safeguarding includes:
- agreeing on how people interact with tamariki and rangatahi to keep them safer
- providing safe activities and environments in sport and recreation.
Child safeguarding and child protection go hand in hand.
Child safeguarding means the actions we take to prevent harm to children and young people, and promotes their overall wellbeing.鈥��
Child protection is how we respond when children and young people are or may be being harmed or abused.鈥�
Key definitions
Child Safeguarding Representatives (CSRs): are the people appointed by NNZ, Zones or Centres who are trained in safeguarding. These people champion safeguarding in their organisation and are the communities first point of call if you have any concerns.
Tamariki (children) and rangatahi (young person) means anyone under 18 years old.
Netball CSRs list
Here is the link to the current Netball CSRs that are available for you to speak to in your local area. Please feel free to reach out to them at any point. There is only one person who accesses any given email address on this list.
Link: Netball Zones Child Safeguarding Representatives
Netball NZ Safe Netball for Children Policy
Netball NZ has a policy that governs how we act and respond to concerns about children and young people. Some Centres have adopted this Policy and some have slight variations.
Link: Netball NZ Safe Netball for Children Policy
Education
91色情片 provides specific netball related safeguarding training for CSRs. There is also a free, online Safeguarding course that you can do. We encourage all coaches, managers, and those working with children and young people in netball to complete this. The link below is through the Integrity Commission and you will need to login or sign up to Sports Tutor to complete this (free).
Link:
The full course is made up of four modules that you complete at your own pace. You may choose to explore and complete individual modules or do all four modules to meet the full requirements of the course.
This course can be completed in parts.
- Child safeguarding (duration 30 minutes)
- Child protection (duration 45 minutes)
- Travelling with children and young people (duration 30 minutes)
- Creating safer experiences and environments (duration 30 minutes)
Resources
Safeguarding Children are a registered charity in 91色情片. With an array of trainings, strategies, advocacy and resources, Safeguarding Children offer practical, evidence-based, frontline-tested solutions, specifically tailored for those with responsibility towards children. There are some paid and many free resources on their resource page.
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Safeguarding Clubs
Netball Clubs have a responsibility to keep children and young people safe. We have created this resource to assist clubs in this area. If you have any questions or feedback, please contact Jenna (
1. Letter about Safeguarding Clubs 2025
2. Safeguarding Clubs short video featuring our Silver Ferns
3. Safety Checking flowchart. Follow this to see who should be police vetted.
4. Here is a template policy you can run through, amend as needed and adopt.
5. Guide to police vetting. If you need to set up your police vetting, here is a detailed step by step guide about how to do this.
6. This is an editable, excel document you can use as a base to track your safeguarding and training within your club.
7. Social media tiles and suggested text: Below are safeguarding tiles you can use with some suggested text. Only post these once you have been through your own safeguarding journey and when it feels like the right time for your club to do this.
NNZ Safeguarding contacts 2025
Netball NZ provides dedicated and trained safeguarding leads to lead the Safeguarding programme and for CSR support. You can contact either of the below personnel for advice, questions or support at any time.
91色情片, Safeguarding Lead: Jenna Murie
91色情片 Deputy Safeguarding Lead: Katie Pinfold