Labour leader Chris Hipkins and education spokeswoman Ginny Andersen are speaking to media about the policy in Petone at about 2.15pm.<\/p>\n
The funding came with proposed changes in education to address screen use and promote online safety tools.<\/p>\n
As part of its plan, Labour said it would work with \u201ceducators, health experts and young people\u201d to update Ministry of Education recommendations for screen use in early childhood education and schools, requiring \u201cclear screen use policies\u201d including \u201cwhen and how devices are used in the classroom\u201d.<\/p>\n
Labour acknowledged its approach included retaining the Government\u2019s ban on mobile phones in school.<\/p>\n
The party said it would also make online safety tools easier to find and use, referencing the \u201cfree Switch-on Safety filter and the Digital Guardian Guide\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cToo much of childhood is being spent on screens, while sport, hobbies and other after-school activities are out of reach for too many families,\u201d Hipkins said.<\/p>\n
\u201cParents are struggling to navigate the risks of the online world and young people are telling us they want action on harmful content and the impact it\u2019s having on their lives.<\/p>\n
\u201cTechnology has its place, but it shouldn\u2019t come at the expense of childhood.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adam Pearse is the Deputy Political Editor and part of the NZ Herald\u2019s Press Gallery team based at Parliament in Wellington. He has worked for NZME since 2018, reporting for the Northern Advocate in Whang\u0101rei and the Herald in Auckland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Labour leader Chris Hipkins and education spokeswoman Ginny Andersen are speaking to media about the policy in Petone…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2246,1061,9362,5903,738,1333,296,1899,6721,300,130,117,111,43,139,69,6662,5202,2170,32146,15483,4887,699,14040,2022,310601,210,2044,61],"class_list":["post-633978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-2246","tag-children","tag-devices","tag-election","tag-funding","tag-get","tag-into","tag-kids","tag-labour","tag-money","tag-more","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-off","tag-part","tag-plan","tag-programmes","tag-promising","tag-reduce","tag-releases","tag-spend","tag-sport","tag-sportfocused","tag-through","tag-time","tag-to"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}