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Media Releases - 2008

InternetNZ Media Releases for 2008.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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).
Media Releases - 2008 Accounting Separation needs to be fast-tracked and strengthened - InternetNZ
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”.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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).
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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’.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.
Media Releases - 2008 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.