{"id":14892,"date":"2018-06-05T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2018\/06\/05\/en-newzealand-igf-2018-overview\/"},"modified":"2018-06-05T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T05:00:00","slug":"en-newzealand-igf-2018-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2018\/06\/05\/en-newzealand-igf-2018-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"NetHui Roadtrip 2018 (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-2018-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"New Zealand IGF 2018 \u30d1\u30fc\u30de\u30b9\u30c8\u30f3\u30ce\u30fc\u30b9\uff0f\u30b0\u30ec\u30a4\u30de\u30a6\u30b9\uff0f\u30a4\u30f3\u30d0\u30fc\u30ab\u30fc\u30ae\u30eb\uff083\u90fd\u5e02\u5de1\u56de\uff09 \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-2018-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"New Zealand IGF 2018 \u30d1\u30fc\u30de\u30b9\u30c8\u30f3\u30ce\u30fc\u30b9\uff0f\u30b0\u30ec\u30a4\u30de\u30a6\u30b9\uff0f\u30a4\u30f3\u30d0\u30fc\u30ab\u30fc\u30ae\u30eb\uff083\u90fd\u5e02\u5de1\u56de\uff09 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>In October 2018 NetHui hit the road again: one-day events in Palmerston North (5th), Greymouth (11th) and Invercargill (16th).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Local businesses, educators, tourism operators and migrant communities were explicitly invited to debate what the Internet could do for their regions, with every session live-streamed and recorded.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>With regional leaders like Invercargill&#39;s mayor welcoming the forum, the roadtrip drove home the ideal of a national IGF that every New Zealander can lead, not just attend.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>NetHui Roadtrip 2018 (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-2018-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"New Zealand IGF 2018 \u30d1\u30fc\u30de\u30b9\u30c8\u30f3\u30ce\u30fc\u30b9\uff0f\u30b0\u30ec\u30a4\u30de\u30a6\u30b9\uff0f\u30a4\u30f3\u30d0\u30fc\u30ab\u30fc\u30ae\u30eb\uff083\u90fd\u5e02\u5de1\u56de\uff09 \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 Roadtrip 2018 (New Zealand&#39;s Internet Governance Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>5 October (Manawat\u016b\/Palmerston North), 11 October (West Coast\/Greymouth) and 16 October (Southland\/Invercargill) 2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Three one-day regional events: Palmerston North Conference and Function Centre; Tai Poutini Polytechnic, Greymouth; Ascot Park Hotel, Invercargill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/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-2018-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"New Zealand IGF 2018 \u30d1\u30fc\u30de\u30b9\u30c8\u30f3\u30ce\u30fc\u30b9\uff0f\u30b0\u30ec\u30a4\u30de\u30a6\u30b9\uff0f\u30a4\u30f3\u30d0\u30fc\u30ab\u30fc\u30ae\u30eb\uff083\u90fd\u5e02\u5de1\u56de\uff09 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. On the Road Again \u2014 a National IGF You Lead, Not Just Attend<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: InternetNZ&#39;s announcement and the three-stop design<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;We&#39;re excited to take NetHui on the road again so that every New Zealander has the opportunity to not only participate but lead with the issues that matter most to them.&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Jordan Carter (Chief Executive, InternetNZ)<\/strong> [2][1]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>The second roadtrip after 2016 chose Manawat\u016b, the West Coast and Southland \u2014 regions national conferences rarely reach [2][1]<\/li>\n<li>Invitations named the people wanted in the room: businesses, educators, creatives, gaming, tourism, IT, telcos, migrant communities and next-generation users [2][1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Regional Voices \u2014 Why Mayors and Development Agencies Signed Up<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: The Southland stop (16 October, Ascot Park Hotel, Invercargill)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Invercargill is an innovative hub that will positively contribute to the success of NetHui Southland.&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Tim Shadbolt (Mayor of Invercargill)<\/strong> [2][1]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;It&#39;s a chance for our whole community to be part of the conversations surrounding the use and impact of the Internet.&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Paul Casson (CEO, Venture Southland)<\/strong> [2][1]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Host regions treated NetHui as a development opportunity, with mayors and agency chiefs publicly endorsing their stops [2][1]<\/li>\n<li>The West Coast invitation led with a region-first question: how can we make the most of the Internet for our area? [2][1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Streamed and Published \u2014 NetHui From Your Living Room<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Live streams and published recordings for every stop, via the site&#39;s Recordings tabs<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Every session at all three stops was live-streamed, with per-location recordings published afterwards \u2014 &#39;NetHui has been held in cities, regions and at your house via live streaming&#39;, as the site put it [1]<\/li>\n<li>The one-day, low-cost, streamed design kept distance from becoming a barrier to participation [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. Why not a big-city event?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The official goal was for every New Zealander to lead, not just join, the conversation \u2014 so the forum went to regions national conferences skip: agricultural Manawat\u016b, the mining-heritage West Coast, and southernmost Southland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was discussed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Region-first agendas: what the Internet can do for local economies, education, tourism and migrant communities. Mayors and development agencies welcomed the stops, and every session was streamed and published.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It is a concrete method for decentralising Internet governance dialogue \u2014 one-day events, local leaders on board, everything streamed \u2014 applicable in any country.<\/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-2018-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"New Zealand IGF 2018 \u30d1\u30fc\u30de\u30b9\u30c8\u30f3\u30ce\u30fc\u30b9\uff0f\u30b0\u30ec\u30a4\u30de\u30a6\u30b9\uff0f\u30a4\u30f3\u30d0\u30fc\u30ab\u30fc\u30ae\u30eb\uff083\u90fd\u5e02\u5de1\u56de\uff09 \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 2018 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\/20190116111822\/https:\/\/2018.nethui.nz\/\">NetHui Roadtrip 2018 \u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff083\u4f1a\u5834\u30fb\u9332\u753b\u516c\u958b\u30012019\u5e741\u670816\u65e5\u6642\u70b9\u306e\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\uff09<\/a> \u2014 InternetNZ\uff08Wayback Machine\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scoop.co.nz\/stories\/BU1807\/S00057\/majestic-southland-welcomes-nethui-roadtrip-2018.htm\">Majestic Southland welcomes NetHui Roadtrip 2018<\/a> \u2014 InternetNZ\uff08Scoop\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NetHui\">NetHui\uff082018\u5e74\u306e3\u4f1a\u5834\u30fb\u5404\u4f1a\u5834\u540d\u306e\u8a18\u8f09\uff09<\/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\u670817\u65e5 19\u664238\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>In October 2018 NetHui hit the road again: one-day events in Palmerston North (5th), Greymouth (11th) and Invercargill (16th).<\/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":[163,161,160,162,476,164],"class_list":["post-14892","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-newzealandigf2018","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14892","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=14892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}