2008

InternetNZ releases Briefing to Incoming Ministers

Media Release – 16 December 2008 – InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) has today released its briefing paper for incoming Ministers, outlining the major ICT issues InternetNZ sees facing the country over the next year.

InternetNZ applauds ‘Fibre-to-the-Farm’ project

Media Release - 15 December 2008 - InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) congratulates the small North Island town of Mangamaire on the launch of its high-speed ‘Fibre-to-the-Farm’ broadband network.

Industry agrees - IPv6 transition plan needed

Media Release - 15 December 2008 - Following a workshop convened by the Ministry of Economic Development, major ICT industry and stakeholder organizations have agreed on the need for New Zealand to develop a transition plan from IPv4 to IPv6, the next generation Internet addressing protocol. The transition plan will include education, and identification and removal of roadblocks to IPv6 deployment.

Report proposes utility expansion for broadband future

Media Release - 15 December 2008 - Groundbreaking research released today by InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) concludes that utility expansion provides the best opportunity for dramatic improvement of New Zealand's broadband infrastructure.

Commission’s Accounting Separation requirements top-notch – InternetNZ

Media Release - 5 December 2008 - InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) has reiterated today its strong support for the Commerce Commission’s Disclosure Requirements as released in late October for public comment.

NZRS replaces NS7 .nz name server

Media Release – 1 December 2008 – New Zealand Registry Services (NZRS) is pleased to announce that an authoritative name server NS7.DNS.NET.NZ for the .nz Domain Name System (DNS) has been replaced.

InternetNZ welcomes international WIP findings

Media Release – 26 November 2008 – InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) welcomes the release of latest data from the World Internet Project (WIP) comparing Internet use in New Zealand with that in thirteen other countries.

InternetNZ and TUANZ In Talks

Media Release - 11 November 2008 - The President of InternetNZ, Pete Macaulay, and the Chairman of the Telecommunications Users Association of NZ (TUANZ) Chris O’Connell, have announced that the two groups have entered into a formal collaborative discovery process to explore opportunities for closer organisational alignment.

Six political parties respond to InternetNZ questionnaire so far

Media Release - 4 November 2008 – Internet New Zealand (InternetNZ) welcomes the response of six political parties to its 2008 General Election Questionnaire, and encourages the remaining parties contending the Election to complete and file theirs.

NZRS replaces .nz name server

Media Release – 28 October 2008 – New Zealand Registry Services (NZRS) is pleased to announce that the authoritative name server for the .nz Domain Name System (DNS) has been replaced.

InternetNZ receives Stage 1 of Broadband Report

Media Release - 29 September 2008 - InternetNZ has received Stage 1 of its Broadband Strategy Options for New Zealand, prepared by Auckland-based Network Strategies. The Stage 1 report is the scoping and literature review and sets the parameters for the Stage 2 report.

ICT industry moves to address copyright confusion

Media Release - 19 September 2008 - “A deeply flawed law that undermines fundamental rights and simply will not work.” That is what the telecommunications industry, internet service providers, user groups, internet advocates and IT professionals think of parts of the recently passed Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act.

InternetNZ welcomes plans for Managed Spectrum Park

Media Release – 10 September 2008 – InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) welcomes the Government’s finalising of plans for a Managed Spectrum Park (MSP) in the 2.5GHz band.

ICT policies to be debated online and on TVNZ 7

Media Release - 3 September 2008 - Broadcaster TVNZ 7 and Internet policy leader InternetNZ will make online history in New Zealand with a televised and streamed election debate on ICT issues featuring live webchat, polling and studio audience.

High-speed broadband at home vital

Media Release - 3 September 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) is concerned with comments from TelstraClear CEO Dr Allan Freeth reported in the New Zealand Herald yesterday.

Niue benefits from laptop donation - InternetNZ

Media Release - 29 August 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) congratulates the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative for donating 500 low-cost laptop computers to the South Pacific island nation of Niue. It is part of a larger initiative in the Pacific and to developing countries globally.

Digital Strategy 2.0 welcomed – InternetNZ

Media Release – 28 August 2008 – InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) broadly supports the Government’s Digital Strategy 2.0 which was released today. InternetNZ asserts the plan provides a robust framework for New Zealand’s future in the digital world, but notes ongoing concern that the included broadband targets remain too slow.

InternetNZ Launches History Book and Internet Entrepreneurship Foundation

Media Release - 22 August 2008 – InternetNZ (The Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) announces the successful launch of ‘Connecting the Clouds – the Internet in New Zealand’ and the Liz Dengate Thrush Internet Entrepreneurship Foundation.

InternetNZ awards research project to Network Strategies

Media Release - 13 August 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) is pleased to announce that it has engaged Auckland-based Network Strategies to produce a report assessing broadband strategy options for New Zealand. This follows an RFP process begun in June, which attracted 10 respondents.

InternetNZ announces publication of Internet history book

Media Release - 8 August 2008 – InternetNZ (The Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) is pleased to announce the publication of 'Connecting the Clouds - The Internet in New Zealand' - a history of the New Zealand Internet by author and freelance journalist Keith Newman.

Peter Dengate Thrush named InternetNZ Fellow

Media Release - 5 August 2008 – InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) has bestowed its highest honour upon longstanding member Peter Dengate Thrush who was made an InternetNZ Fellow at the Society’s Annual General Meeting last week.

InternetNZ announces Council election results

Media Release – 4 August, 2008 – InternetNZ (The Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) announces official results in this year’s InternetNZ Council elections.

InternetNZ encouraged by broadband subscriber growth

Media Release – 1 August, 2008 – InternetNZ (The Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) is encouraged by a Statistics New Zealand survey that shows the number of broadband subscribers has increased 10.7 percent to 891,000.

Asia Pacific Internet Community to descend on Christchurch - NZ to host APNIC 26

Media Release - 31 July 2008 - Next month, InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) and the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) will jointly host APNIC 26, one of the most important meetings in 2008 for the local Internet community.

ISPs encouraged to self-regulate – NetSafe and InternetNZ

Media Release - 31 July 2008 - NetSafe, New Zealand’s cybersafety organisation, and InternetNZ have called on New Zealand telecommunications firms and Internet Service Providers to implement a full self-regulatory framework for the good of the Internet and its users.

InternetNZ appoints Executive Board members

Media Release – 30 July 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) is pleased to announce it has appointed Peter Dengate-Thrush, June McCabe, Miki Szikszai, and Judy Speight as members of its recently-established Executive Board.

InternetNZ launches Liz Dengate Thrush Foundation

Media Release – 30 July 2008 – InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) is pleased to announce the launch of an Internet entrepreneurship foundation established in memory of Liz Dengate Thrush, a former Councillor of the Society.

World Internet Project survey impresses - InternetNZ

Media Release - 28 July 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) welcomes the first report of the World Internet Project New Zealand longitudinal study, released today. The study by AUT University involved 1500 Internet and non-Internet using New Zealanders, and complements studies undertaken in 28 countries over seven years.

ACTA copyright negotiations demand scrutiny

Media Release – 23 July 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) is concerned at the paucity of detail surrounding the proposed international Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).

Accounting Separation needs to be fast-tracked and strengthened - InternetNZ /span>

Media Release - 23 July 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) has called for the Accounting Separation regime for Telecom to be strengthened and fast-tracked, in its submission to the Commerce Commission. The submission was on the “Draft Principles and Regulatory Reporting Requirements for the Accounting Separation of Telecom”.

InternetNZ releases RFP for Broadband Strategy research

Media Release - 30 June 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) has today released a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a scene-setting consulting report to assess broadband strategy options for New Zealand. The RFP document is attached, or can be accessed at www.internetnz.net.nz.

InternetNZ - Banking industry takes on board Code of Practice concerns

Media Release – 30 June 2008 - The New Zealand banking industry has revised its Code of Banking Practice following an in-depth period of consultation with InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) and advocacy group Consumer NZ.

InternetNZ welcomes multilingual domain names and easier rules for new TLDs

Media Release - 27 June 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) today welcomed two significant decisions announced at a meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which has just concluded in Paris, France.

InternetNZ announces major investment in Hector’s World

Media Release – 16 June 2008 - InternetNZ (Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) is to provide up to $200,000 in funding for the ongoing development of Hector’s World™, a world-leading cybersafety resource for young children. Hector’s World is produced by Hector's World Limited (HWL), an innovative social entrepreneurship venture and charitable subsidiary of New Zealand’s cybersafety organisation NetSafe.

InternetNZ appoints Paul Swain as Chair of Executive Board

Media Release - 10 June 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) is pleased to announce it has appointed Paul Swain as Chair of the Society’s newly-established Executive Board.

InternetNZ gives thumbs up to Digital Development Council

Media Release - 29 May 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) welcomes the launch today of the Digital Development Council by Minister of Communications and IT David Cunliffe.

InternetNZ welcomes government broadband plans; foreshadows independent assessment later this year

Media Release - 22 May 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) broadly supports today’s Budget commitments by the Labour-led government to invest over $500 million of public funds in broadband over the next five years, and has disclosed it will soon commission an independent assessment of the best path forward for broadband rollout.

OECD ranking a slight improvement – InternetNZ

Media Release – 20 May 2008 – InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) is pleased that New Zealand has slightly improved its broadband ranking in the latest OECD Broadband Statistics Report.

InternetNZ congratulates Hector’s World Ltd on UK launch

Media Release – 9 May 2008 – InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) congratulates NetSafe subsidiary Hector’s World Limited on the UK launch of its online cyber-safety resource Hector’s World.

Victoria University and InternetNZ welcome 3rd Cyberlaw Fellow

Media Release - 23 April 2008 - The recently-appointed Senior Research Fellow in Cyberlaw at Victoria University’s Law Faculty is to work in the area of privacy law, focusing on gaps in the law regarding government access to private data and the degree to which threats to national security override New Zealanders’ right to privacy.

InternetNZ commends National Party fibre commitment

Media Release – 22 April 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) welcomes today’s announcement by National Party Leader John Key that the National Party would invest $1.5 billion of public funds in an open access fibre-to-the-home network, if elected.

No change in .nz wholesale fee - InternetNZ

Media Release – 11 April 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) is leaving unchanged the wholesale domain name fee charged to authorised .nz registrars by nz Registry Services (NZRS).

InternetNZ sees Copyright Amendment Act as a missed opportunity.

Media Release - 8 April 2008 - InternetNZ (The Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) says the changes passed today to the Copyright Act have both benefits and detriments for Internet users and providers, and is disappointed Parliament has missed an opportunity to bring its Copyright law fully into the modern age.

InternetNZ calls for FibreCo debate

Media Release – 4 April 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) calls for thorough debate on a report from the New Zealand Institute proposing a public/private monopoly fibre entity.

InternetNZ welcomes ‘Separation Day’

Media Release – 31 March 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) welcomes the Minister of Communication’s decision approving the three-way operational separation of Telecom from today.

InternetNZ supports proposed Digital Sector Forum

Media Release – 25 March 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) lends its support to the Minister of Communication’s announcement today that the Government will fund the establishment of a ‘Digital Sector Forum’.

InternetNZ supports Vint Cerf’s rejection of OOXML

Media Release – 17 March 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) strongly supports calls from Internet pioneer Vint Cerf opposing Microsoft’s proposed OOXML (Office Open XML) document standard.

R.I.P. dial-up - Internet users expect more

Media Release - 6 March 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) welcomes the ISP Survey released today by Statistics New Zealand, as a turning point in New Zealand’s Internet history.

InternetNZ supports Minister in declining Separation Plan

Media Release - 29 February 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) supports the Minister of Communication's decision to decline Telecom's Amended Separation plan. Today David Cunliffe instead set out further amendments he will require to the draft plan before he accepts it.

InternetNZ encourages municipal broadband debate

Media Release – 13 February 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) encourages attendees at the upcoming Local Government New Zealand Broadband Forum to thoroughly explore the benefits of municipal broadband networks.

No change in .nz wholesale fee - InternetNZ

Media Release – 11 April 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) is leaving unchanged the wholesale domain name fee charged to authorised .nz registrars by nz Registry Services (NZRS).

InternetNZ recommends Minister not accept draft Undertakings

Media Release - 25 January 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) has today responded to Telecom’s amended operational separation plan, advising the Government that significant amendments will still be needed to meet the requirements of the Telecommunications Act and ensure long term benefits to end users.

InternetNZ releases cabinetisation report

Media Release - 18 January 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) today releases the attached report commissioned from Amos Aked Swift (AAS), which investigates and makes recommendations related to cabinetisation and local loop unbundling.

InternetNZ welcomes close scrutiny of amended Op Sep plan

Media Release – 1 February 2008 - InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) welcomes today’s announcement by Minister of Communications David Cunliffe that Telecom’s amended operational separation plan will be carefully scrutinized before being finalised.