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Netsafe: Education Advisor, Anjie Webster

Potential for being unsafe online through social media - Takes 50 steps to de-activate facebook Blurred boundaries - multiple access points - opportunities and risks Autonomy to hang out with mates online - a powerful influencer Potential for bullying, offensive, sexual exposure The more we are online - there is an increased risk for encountering offensive material ...and the more you are online, the more you learn to manage such risks Need to keep up with being online - developing skills as they go. Young girls - exploring who they are by age 9/10: more likely to have multiple profiles (not unusual to have up to 5 profiles - biys more likely to have single profiles) temporary versions of self bully and be bullied may make mistakes (eg sharing intimate photos, videos, etc) may make compromises - irrespective of values taught learning about trust and relationships through connections - socially quite complex Implications of 'liking', commenting, posting...

Dream for Wellington - The Rotary Forum 1 August 2017: My learnings

A Wellington that supports: Systems built for people - not people fitting into systems Creativity / connectedness / collaboration Opposite of Loneliness Sustainable people, not just sustainable environment Respect for - Ruamoko (God of earthquakes) Tawhirimatea (climates) Papatuanuku   (earth mother) Tangaroa (seas) Working with what we have - don't fight the weather or pretend to be something we are not Adaptability, bravery, creativity Understand and celebrate the legendary stories of our region Allow for magic – the unforeseeen, the unimaginable (example of rocket launch on east coast) Digital will became common place – the actual will become more exciting Give and take table – what does it say to us as a community if bowl empty or full of trash. We borrow from our children – care for our children enduring curiosity Think about purchases - eg - Who made your clothes? Where did they come from? How much are the workers being paid? Unde

Dream for Wellington - The Rotary Forum 1 August 2017: Grant Robertson, MP for Wellington Central

Wellington's Alumni are very important to this city "Robert" story That we are the opposite of Lonliness Space in our city for everyone Connects people Wet house - opposite of lonliness Co-working space Cuba-Dupa Festival: inclusive festival (but could be more inclusive of children) "wellington" edge

Dream for Wellington - The Rotary Forum 1 August 2017: Melissa Clark-Reynolds, Director and Future Foresight Practition

Children - Design Wellington for our youngest member will also make it elderly-friendly Popcicle test - can a child walk from home and back safely to buy ane ice block - on their own safe from predators and traffic Keep our 'wild' spaces for wild play and getting hurt take risks, have more failures - early outdoor space to play, street parties Things that are funny and stupid - whimsie access to reflections of who they art to see themselves in the city to avoid "nature deficit disorder'

Dream for Wellington - The Rotary Forum 1 August 2017: Stacey Shortall, Lawyer, Founder of the WHO DID YOU HELP TODAY social movement

Who did you help today? Hope = possibility Pull together Know the terms of engagement

Dream for Wellington - The Rotary Forum 1 August 2017: Bishop Justin Duckworth, Anglican Diocese of Wellington

People in Wellington - in traumatic, painful lives but we probably don't recognise it Sustainable people, not just sustainable environment That the systems created to support people in our community are designed to do just that - not to pick out the 1% of people who default the system If we don't design systems for these people - we miss out also

Dream for Wellington - The Rotary Forum 1 August 2017: Pinaman Owusu-Banehene, Founder and executive Producer off ADJOAA and the Africa Fashion Festival NZ

·        Who made your clothes? Where did they come from? How much are the workers being paid? Under what conditions? What are you going to do differently? ·        Socially aware, ethical buyers of fashion, sustainable clothing, gulit-free clothing ·        Use power – choose where you shop ·        Wellington known globally as the world’s first ethically aware, socially conscious consumers of fashion ·        In NZ – paid a living wage ·        Spend good money on good quality clothing, buy less and invest in upcycling

Dream for Wellington - The Rotary Forum 1 August 2017: Ludo Campbell-Reid, GM and Urban Design Champion, Auckland Council

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·        Need for Paradigm Shift: ·        Be convivial – stop talking about the weather. Embrace it and work with it – city design working in harmony – fit for purpose. Change design. o    Build more indoor-outdoor spaces – with removable rooves o    Put a roof on it o    Create a microclimate – greener biodiversity o    Take the streets back for the people (take away overpasses for walkers) ·        Be more connected ·        Be collaborative  

Dream for Wellington - The Rotary Forum 1 August 2017: Peter Biggs, Chair Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency

·        Dreams can be disturbing things, scary, memorable – come from the unconsicous ·        Whittakers runs of instinct and feel – no consumer research ·        Steve Jobs – can’t connect dots looking forward – only backwards – somehow have to trust ·        Uber – and Air BnB doesn’t own cars / rooms ·        We as human beings can’t cope with the rate of rapid change in the world – world dranatically being reshaped – turmoil around the world caused by rate of change ·        Cities are more important (GDP) / dangerous than countries ·        The world wants us but is a threat to us: o    Always to islanders – danger is what comes from over the sea – Allen Curnow ·        Successful places: o    Talent o    Connectedness o    Innovation o    Distinctiveness ·        We need to be a small region with a larger way of thinking – the most impaginative captial and region in the world. Regional and urban development ·        Three things we ca