{"id":14895,"date":"2020-06-06T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2020\/06\/06\/en-newzealand-igf-2020-overview\/"},"modified":"2020-06-06T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T05:00:00","slug":"en-newzealand-igf-2020-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2020\/06\/06\/en-newzealand-igf-2020-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"NetHui 2020 (New Zealand&#8217;s Internet Governance Forum, online) \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-2020-overview_thumbnail.svg\" alt=\"New Zealand IGF 2020 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\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-2020-overview_s3.svg\" alt=\"New Zealand IGF 2020 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>COVID-19 pushed NetHui fully online on 13\u201314 October 2020 \u2014 &#39;this year it becomes the true net hui&#39;, the official site declared, opening the event to participants anywhere.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Participation was rebuilt for the medium: Sched plus Slack, an accessibility guide, and the Tui safety team transplanted from the venue floor to online channels.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A notable touch was an official te reo M\u0101ori guide for international attendees. It proved the last national NetHui before the hiatus \u2014 the planned 2024 revival was later cancelled.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>NetHui 2020 (New Zealand&#39;s Internet Governance Forum, online)<\/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-2020-overview_h2.svg\" alt=\"New Zealand IGF 2020 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\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 2020 (New Zealand&#39;s Internet Governance Forum, online)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>13\u201314 October 2020, held online<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Online (Day 1 10.00am\u20133.20pm, Day 2 12.00pm\u20135.30pm NZST)<\/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-2020-overview_minutes.svg\" alt=\"New Zealand IGF 2020 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Becoming &#39;the True Net Hui&#39; \u2014 Going Fully Online Under COVID<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: The fully redesigned format (13\u201314 October, NZST)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The site announced the change with a pun on the event&#39;s own name: hosted online, NetHui would at last become &#39;the true net hui&#39; [1]<\/li>\n<li>Participation was opened to &#39;anywhere in Aotearoa or overseas&#39;, with a mid-morning start on day one and a midday start on day two to fit around work and family [1]<\/li>\n<li>Keeping the national IGF running online through the 2020 pandemic matched what NRIs worldwide were doing that year [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Designing Online Participation \u2014 Sched, Slack and Accessibility<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: The official &#39;How to participate&#39; guides: preparation, tech tools, session types, and the Code of Conduct<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Official guides walked participants through Sched for scheduling and Slack for discussion, from onboarding steps to equipment setup and session types [1]<\/li>\n<li>An accessibility guide was published, and the Code of Conduct was applied to the online space [1]<\/li>\n<li>Discussion-first session design preserved NetHui&#39;s participant-driven core in the new medium [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. The Tui and Te Reo M\u0101ori \u2014 Porting Safety and Indigenous Culture Online<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Official posts &#39;NetHui, the Tui, and how we build a space for everyone&#39; and &#39;Te reo M\u0101ori at NetHui&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Tui \u2014 the safety volunteers named after the New Zealand bird \u2014 moved online with the event, keeping the &#39;space safe for everyone&#39; ethos intact [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>For international attendees, an official guide by licensed translator Ian Cormack explained M\u0101ori concepts \u2014 p\u014dwhiri, hui, wh\u0101nau \u2014 and the Treaty of Waitangi [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Even online, protocol such as karakia and mihi whakatau was kept, so the event stayed true to the &#39;hui&#39; in its name [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What changed online?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. The venue vanished and the barrier fell: anyone in New Zealand or overseas could join, with Slack for discussion and Sched for the timetable. As organisers put it, the event finally became &#39;the true net hui&#39;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Was the in-person culture lost?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. No \u2014 it was deliberately ported. The Tui safety volunteers moved online, and an official te reo M\u0101ori guide taught newcomers the greetings and protocol that make the event a hui.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It is a practical blueprint for moving a discussion-first governance forum online \u2014 participation guides, accessibility, safety staffing \u2014 that any community event can borrow.<\/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-2020-overview_h1.svg\" alt=\"New Zealand IGF 2020 \u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\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 2020 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\/20201028093335\/https:\/\/2020.nethui.nz\/\">NetHui 2020 \u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff08\u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3\u958b\u50ac\u544a\u77e5\u30fb\u65e5\u7a0b\u30fb\u53c2\u52a0\u30ac\u30a4\u30c9\u30012020\u5e7410\u670828\u65e5\u6642\u70b9\uff09<\/a> \u2014 InternetNZ\uff08Wayback Machine\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201020173938\/https:\/\/2020.nethui.nz\/2020\/09\/29\/te-reo-m%C4%81ori-at-nethui\/\">Te reo M\u0101ori at NetHui\uff08\u56fd\u969b\u53c2\u52a0\u8005\u5411\u3051\u30de\u30aa\u30ea\u8a9e\u30fb\u6587\u5316\u30ac\u30a4\u30c9\uff09<\/a> \u2014 InternetNZ\uff08Wayback Machine\u30fbNetHui 2020\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-22)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NetHui\">NetHui\uff082020\u5e74\u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3\u958b\u50ac\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\u670818\u65e5 21\u664246\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>COVID-19 pushed NetHui fully online on 13\u201314 October 2020 \u2014 &#8216;this year it becomes the true net hui&#8217;, the official site declared, opening the<\/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":[163,161,160,162,907,164],"class_list":["post-14895","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-newzealandigf2020","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14895","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=14895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}