{"id":14882,"date":"2013-06-23T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-22T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2013\/06\/23\/en-newzealand-igf-2013-overview\/"},"modified":"2013-06-23T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-22T22:00:00","slug":"en-newzealand-igf-2013-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2013\/06\/23\/en-newzealand-igf-2013-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"NetHui 2013 (New Zealand&#8217;s Internet Governance Forum) \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest &#038; 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-newzealand-igf-2013-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"New Zealand IGF 2013 \u30a6\u30a7\u30ea\u30f3\u30c8\u30f3 \u2014 Thumbnail\"><\/p>\n<h2>The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-newzealand-igf-2013-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"New Zealand IGF 2013 \u30a6\u30a7\u30ea\u30f3\u30c8\u30f3 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>NetHui moved to the capital for the first time on 8\u201310 July 2013, filling Wellington Town Hall under the theme &#39;The Power of an Open Internet&#39;, with the ticket price held at NZ$40.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The international keynote came from US journalist Quinn Norton, best known for covering the hacker collective Anonymous; school principal Russell Burt&#39;s national keynote, &#39;ReTooling School&#39;, explored rebuilding education around the Internet.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A Parliamentary Internet Forum panel capitalised on the Wellington venue, closing the gap between politicians and the Internet community \u2014 a lesson in what hosting a national IGF in the capital can unlock.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>NetHui 2013 (New Zealand&#39;s Internet Governance Forum)<\/strong> draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.<\/p>\n<h2>Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-newzealand-igf-2013-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"New Zealand IGF 2013 \u30a6\u30a7\u30ea\u30f3\u30c8\u30f3 \u2014 Conference at a glance\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Item<\/th>\n<th>Detail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Official name<\/td>\n<td>NetHui 2013 (New Zealand&#39;s Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>8\u201310 July 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Wellington Town Hall, Wellington, New Zealand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>The Power of an Open Internet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>InternetNZ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>(See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n<h2>Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-newzealand-igf-2013-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"New Zealand IGF 2013 \u30a6\u30a7\u30ea\u30f3\u30c8\u30f3 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. First Time in the Capital \u2014 The Open Internet on Parliament&#39;s Doorstep<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Overall programme: two days of streamed discussion plus a wrap-up panel day<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;This is your opportunity to engage in the myriad of issues surrounding the impact of the Internet on today&#39;s society.&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Jordan Carter (Acting Chief Executive, InternetNZ)<\/strong> [2][1]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>In its third year NetHui left Auckland for Wellington Town Hall, with 300+ of the up-to-500 places booked a month out [2][1]<\/li>\n<li>The capital setting enabled a Parliamentary Internet Forum panel, plus film screenings and meet-ups around town [2][1]<\/li>\n<li>Under &#39;The Power of an Open Internet&#39;, discussion ran across eleven streams including research, youth, access, culture, economy, education, law, governance, health, and safety [2][1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. The Reporter Who Covered Anonymous \u2014 Quinn Norton and Digital Activism<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: International keynote by US technology journalist Quinn Norton<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>InternetNZ billed Norton as one of the world&#39;s foremost digital activists, a technology journalist and blogger famed for reporting on Anonymous [1][4]<\/li>\n<li>Arriving in 2013 as the Snowden disclosures began, a keynote from a chronicler of surveillance, anonymity and digital dissent gave the open-Internet theme real topical edge [1][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. &#39;ReTooling School&#39; \u2014 Education and Digital Equity<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: National keynote &#39;ReTooling School&#39; on Day Three by Principal Russell Burt<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Russell Burt, principal of Pt England School in Auckland, showed how Internet-based technologies can re-engineer school to make learning more engaging and empowering [1][4]<\/li>\n<li>The keynote centred on equity and access \u2014 ensuring priority learners from disadvantaged communities are not left out of digital gains [1][4]<\/li>\n<li>Communications Minister Amy Adams also spoke, linking the debate to government broadband policy [1][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. Why did the Wellington move matter?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It put the national IGF on Parliament&#39;s doorstep. A Parliamentary Internet Forum panel joined the programme, giving the community a direct line to politicians \u2014 and NetHui&#39;s city-rotating model was born.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Who were the keynotes?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Quinn Norton, the US journalist famed for covering Anonymous, took the international slot; local school principal Russell Burt delivered &#39;ReTooling School&#39; \u2014 global hacker culture paired with the digitising classroom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. A NZ$40, 500-person national IGF that pulls in members of parliament is a working template for connecting Internet communities to politics anywhere.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is New Zealand IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-newzealand-igf-2013-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"New Zealand IGF 2013 \u30a6\u30a7\u30ea\u30f3\u30c8\u30f3 \u2014 About New Zealand IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>New Zealand IGF is a National or Regional IGF Initiative (NRI), aligning local internet governance discussion with global IGF principles.<\/p>\n<h2>Why It Matters to You<\/h2>\n<p>What was discussed here becomes <strong>the baseline for national digital policy, platform rules and AI regulation worldwide within a few years<\/strong>. The principles confirmed at the 2013 meeting are the foundation of the &quot;next rules&quot; for the phones, social platforms and AI services you use every day.<\/p>\n<h2>Sources &amp; References<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130620152942\/http:\/\/nethui.org.nz\/\">NetHui 2013 \u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff08\u57fa\u8abf\u8b1b\u6f14\u30fb\u767b\u9332\u72b6\u6cc1\u306e\u5404\u544a\u77e5\u30012013\u5e746\u670820\u65e5\u6642\u70b9\uff09<\/a> \u2014 InternetNZ\uff08Wayback Machine\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/m.scoop.co.nz\/stories\/BU1305\/S00340\/registrations-open-for-nethui-2013.htm\">Registrations open for NetHui 2013<\/a> \u2014 InternetNZ\uff08Scoop\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NetHui\">NetHui<\/a> \u2014 en (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/new-zealand-igf\">New Zealand IGF\uff08\u56fd\u5225\u30a4\u30cb\u30b7\u30a2\u30c1\u30d6\u767b\u9332\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff09<\/a> \u2014 UN IGF Secretariat (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Quotes are translated or condensed from the records listed above. Bracketed numbers [n] refer to the source list.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Related links<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IGF official (NRI list): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/national-and-regional-igf-initiatives\">https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/national-and-regional-igf-initiatives<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Japan IGF: <a href=\"https:\/\/japanigf.jp\/\">https:\/\/japanigf.jp\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Yuki Nakazawa&#39;s blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/category\/igf\/\">https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/category\/igf\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u66f4\u65b0\u5c65\u6b74<\/h2>\n<p>\u7b2c1\u7a3f\u6295\u7a3f 2026\u5e747\u670818\u65e5 19\u664227\u5206\uff08\u8a18\u4e8b\u30b3\u30f3\u30c6\u30f3\u30c4\u30a2\u30c3\u30d7\uff09<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 \u4e2d\u6fa4\u7950\u6a39<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NetHui moved to the capital for the first time on 8\u201310 July 2013, filling Wellington Town Hall under the theme &#8216;The Power of an Open Interne<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,71,11],"tags":[163,161,160,162,2649,164],"class_list":["post-14882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-igf","category-newzealand-igf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-newzealandigf2013","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14882\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}