Centrist: InternetNZ’s free speech crackdown faces setback.....

InternetNZ’s free speech crackdown faces setback as Free Speech Union CEO takes board seat

Jonathan Ayling, Chief Executive of the Free Speech Union, has been elected to the InternetNZ board following a recent membership vote.

This election comes after a campaign by the Free Speech Union to increase InternetNZ memberships and influence, aiming to restore focus on free speech and democratic governance within the organisation.

John Raine, David Lillis: InternetNZ and the Treaty

In Case You Were Wondering – InternetNZ and the Treaty

Treaty of Waitangi politics intrude ever more conspicuously into many areas of our society and our public life. Even New Zealand’s left-leaning mainstream media have picked up on the University of Auckland compulsory indoctrination-rich Waipapa Taumata Rau course [1], and Janet Dickson’s challenge to the Real Estate Authority [2] over their compulsion on estate agents to undertake a compulsory professional development module called Te Kākano (The Seed). Another example in tertiary education concerns efforts to decolonise the Massey University BA degree [3] This document supports the notion that society must remain “cognisant of structural ongoing contamination of white/Western hegemony.” It supports the idea that decolonisation does not exist without a framework that centres and privileges Indigenous life, community, and epistemology.

Dr Michael Johnston: How to grow an organisation

Every website with ".nz" at the end of its address must be registered through InternetNZ. InternetNZ sets rules for who can have a website ending in ".nz", which names they can use for their web addresses, and what might lead to an address being revoked.

InternetNZ has managed the process for 30 years. It has performed its function so quietly and efficiently that most New Zealanders may never have heard of the organisation. Until recently, InternetNZ’s mission was about as exciting as peacekeeping on the Chatham Islands.

David Harvey: Changes proposed to the Constitution of InternetNZ

This article looks at some of the changes proposed to the Constitution of InternetNZ. It is not a complete study or critique of the Constitutional changes proposed but focusses on a couple of issues albeit important ones – the objects of the organization and the membership and Governance structures.

If offer this caveat. When considering Constitutions or Constitutional documents they should be considered as a whole. The issues that are discussed in the article that follows are capable of examination from a stand-alone perspective.

Why is this discussion important.