Council Nominee - Liz Butterfield

Nominee for Council 2007-2009

Liz Butterfield

Liz Butterfield is the Managing Director of Hector’s World™ Ltd (HWL), a separate subsidiary of NetSafe.  HWL has been an ‘incubator resident’ at The ICEHOUSE in Auckland for the last year, growing into a respected social entrepreneurship venture offering effective cybersafety education for very young children.

Previously, Liz founded the Internet Safety Group (in 1998) and managed its NetSafe® programme until early 2006.  NetSafe has a national, and international, reputation for innovative online safety and security education.

While serving as Executive Director of NetSafe, Liz’s achievements included: initiating national and international cybersafety conferences (including one in 2005 at the University of Oxford), and co-authoring the 2003 NetSafe Kit for Schools (since adapted for all British schools).  Liz has written articles for many NZ and overseas journals.  She also wrote a chapter for a book on E-learning, compiled by Dr. Kwok Wing Lai of the University of Otago.  Liz has given presentations to a wide range of organisations, as well as international conferences in the Pacific, Australia, the US and Britain.

In 2003, Liz was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her work in the field of Internet safety, and was also awarded the NetGuide ‘Living Legend’ Web Award for her contribution to the Internet industry.  In 2006, she was made the first female ‘Internet Fellow’ by InternetNZ.