Council elections

We hold council elections annually in July to replace those whose terms have ended. These Council members play an important role in guiding the strategic direction and governing our organisation.

The results of our latest by-election can be seen on the 2024 Council by-election page.

Nominations

All eligible members can nominate someone or themselves to stand for Council. All nominations must be made using the Council nomination form.

The Returning Officer will contact nominees and send an information form requesting an election statement/bio and a profile photo. Within three days of receipt, these will be published on our website.

For any member wishing to nominate themselves to stand for Council, the Returning Officer is able to supply a neutral nomination. If such a nomination is required, please contact the Returning Officer via email at election@internetnz.net.nz.

Nominees must be familiar with InternetNZ's Constitution, particularly the eligibility criteria set out in sections 6 and 7, before their nomination is submitted.

Eligibility

To be eligible to stand for Council, all nominees (and their nominators) must have been a financial member of the Society for at least three months before the date of their nomination.

Voting

If there are no sufficient nominations to require the election to be held, those nominated will be declared shortly after the nominations close.

Eligible voters (who have been members for at least three months) will be sent voting instructions and credentials via email. If you have any questions, please email membership@internetnz.net.nz.

The process:

This process will run via Electionz.

InternetNZ uses a preferential and proportional electoral system as required by its constitution. More information about this voting process and electoral system, including more detail about the process for counting the votes and calculating those who are elected, is available on the electoral system page.

How to vote:

You will receive your voting credentials via email from Electionz.

You will need to log onto the members section of the InternetNZ website through https://members.internetnz.nz/user before using the supplied credentials. You will be forwarded to an electionz.com website specifically set up for this InternetNZ Council election. You will then be presented with a voting paper listing all of the candidates, presented in alphabetical order by last name.

In casting your vote, you will have the opportunity to indicate preference by ranking the candidates. Voters are not obliged to vote/rank all candidates. A voter could, if the candidate was not known, choose to not vote at all for that candidate.

Election results

The election results will be sent to members by email after they have been scrutineered.

Rules and guidelines

InternetNZ Electoral System (Explanation)

Past elections

To read more on a specific year's election, click on one of the links below:

Help

For all membership queries please contact membership@internetnz.net.nz.

Get in touch

If you’ve got any more questions on our election process, the Returning Officer is more than happy to help out. Please email us to find out more.

The Returning Officer