| Type | Non-profit |
|---|---|
| Location | Level 9, Grand Arcade Tower, 16 Willis Street, Wellington, New Zealand[1] |
| Key people | Chief Executive: Vikram Kumar, Council President: Frank March |
| Area served | New Zealand |
| Mission | Protection, promotion of the Internet in New Zealand |
| Subsidiaries | New Zealand Domain Name Registry Limited, Domain Name Commission Limited |
| Website | http://internetnz.net.nz/ |
InternetNZ (formally "Internet New Zealand Inc." and originally formed as the Internet Society of New Zealand) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to protecting and promoting the Internet in New Zealand and fostering a coordinated, cooperative approach to its ongoing development.[2]
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The elected InternetNZ council as at 2010-04-08 are Frank March (president), Jamie Baddeley (vice-president), Michael Foley, Hamish MacEwan, Nathan Torkington, Donald Clark, Michael Wallmannsberger, Neil James, Jonny Martin, Don Christie, Lance Wiggs and Dave Moskovitz.[3]
The Internet Society of New Zealand was originally formed in 1995 in order to take responsibility for the .nz ccTLD.
At the annual meeting on 2008-08-04 InternetNZ Peter Dengate Thrush was made an InternetNZ Fellow because of his record of contribution to Internet policy issues in New Zealand and internationally.[4]
Despite sharing many aims with the Internet Society, InternetNZ has never been a chapter of that organisation. In April 2008 the organisation formally changed their official name to "Internet New Zealand Inc." to recognise common usage and to specifically reflect these differences.[5] InternetNZ did, however, join the Internet Society in 2006 as an organisational member.[6]