Council register of interests
Our Council members are required to register their interests, whether these are commercial, political, or or anything else that may affect their role. These are all listed below.
The register was last updated on 28 August 2023.
Officers and Council members receive the following annual honoraria:
- President — $38,500
- Vice President — $24,062
- Council member — $19,250*
*Sub-Committee Chairs also receives additional 10% of their honoraria
Joy Liddicoat
Position: President
Term: AGM 2021 – AGM 2024
Declaration date: 29 July 2021
Interests
- Secretary of the Peter Rule Foundation
- Holder of .nz domain name registrations
- Member of the Non Commercial Users Constituency of ICANN
- Founding Director and Shareholder of Oceania Women's Satellite Network (OWNSAT) PTE Limited. OWNSAT is a shareholder in Kacific Broadband Satellite
- Affiliate of the Centre for Law and Policy in Emerging Technologies, Faculty of Law, University of Otago.
- Member of the Association for Progressive Communications
Brenda Wallace
Position: Vice President
Term: AGM 2022 – AGM 2024
Declaration date: 10 February 2023
Interests
- Employee of Artella/AnimationMentor/YellowBrick.co
- Trustee Strathmore Park Community Trust
- .nz Domain name registrant
- Various small shareholdings via Sharesies
- Receives additional honoraria for being Chair of InternetNZ Risk and Compliance Committee.
Richard Hulse
Position: Councillor
Term: AGM 2021 – AGM 2024
Declaration date: 2 December 2022
Interests
- Holder of .nz domain name registrations
- Receives additional honoraria for being Chair of the InternetNZ Governance Committee.
Kate Pearce
Position: Councillor
Term: AGM 2023 - AGM 2026
Declaration date: 11 August 2023
Interests
- Employee of TradeMe
- Member of the New Zealand Labour Party
- Holder of .nz, .com, .org, .net domain registrations
- Member of NZ Internet Task Force
- Receives additional honoraria for being Chair of the InternetNZ .nz Policy Committee
Potaua Biasiny-Tule
Position: Councillor
Term: AGM 2023 - AGM 2026
Declaration date: 2 December 2022
Interests
- Founder / Director of Digital Basecamp
- Trustee of Digital Natives Academy
- Co-Founder of 4CompanyB (4CB) Digital Animation Studios Limited
- Board Member for Te Tatau o Te Arawa (partnership with Rotorua Lakes Council).
- Trustee of Te Takinga Marae Komiti
- Kaitiaki for numerous .co.nz and .iwi.nz whānau domains
- Member of Te Papa Mati Hiko
- Receives additional honoraria for being Chair of the InternetNZ Te Komiti Whakauru Māori (Māori Engagement Committee).
Jeff Montgomery
Position: Councillor
Term: AGM 2022 – AGM 2025
Declaration date: 31 March 2023
Interests
- Holder 14 .nz domain names
- Past employee of Service Delivery and Operations, Department of Internal Affairs
- Employee of the Pacific Community in a Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade funded role
- Statutory Officer - Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
- Chair, Pacific Civil Registrars Network
- Owner and Director City Bed and Breakfast Ltd.
- Member of Netsafe
- Member of TohaToha
Anthony Bow
Position: Councillor
Term: AGM 2022 – AGM 2024
Declaration date: 2 December 2022
Interests
- Holder of .nz and .com domain names
- Director of Whai Rawa Fund Ltd
- Director of Maungaharuru-Tangitū Ltd
- Deputy Chair and Board Member of the Medical Radiation Technologists Board.
- Chair and Director of Medical Sciences Secretariat Ltd
- Director and Shareholder of Waimana Capital Ltd
- Shareholder in private companies; Big Splash Ltd and Talent Propeller Ltd
- Member of the New Zealand Blood and Organ Service Board
Whetū Fala
Position: Councillor
Term: AGM 2022 – AGM 2024 />
Declaration date: 12 August 2022
Interests
- Board Member, Māori TV
- Board Member, Creative NZ
- Board Member, Te Paepae Ataata Aōtearoa NZ Film Heritage Trust
- Chair, Whanganui District Creative Communities Assessment Panel
- Founding Member, Ngā Aho Whakaari Māori Screen Aōtearoa
- Founding Member, Wellington Women in Film & TV
- Founding Member, Taki Rua Theatre Wellington
- Pou Arahi Tikanga, Playmarket Inc Wellington
- Company Director, Fala Media Taki Rua Film’
- Shareholder Parininihi ki Waitotara Inc
- Morikau Nui Inc
- Atihau, Whanganui
- Wharanga Hakopa Kiwa Whanau Trust
Anjum Rahman
Position: Councillor
Term: AGM 2022 – AGM 2025
Declaration date: 2 December 2022
Interests
- Co-Lead, Inclusive Aotearoa Collective Tāhono
- Contractor to Shama, Ethinic Women’s Trust
- Co-Chair, Christchurch Call Advisory Network
- Trustee, Trust Waikato (Waikato Community Trust)
- Vice Chair, Independent Advisory Committee of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism
- Holds a .nz domain name.
- Receives additional honoraria for being Chair of InternetNZ Audit, Finance and Investment Committee.
Alpana Roy
Position: Councillor
Term: AGM 2022 – AGM 2025
Declaration date: 2 December 2022
Interests
- Employee of the University of Waikato.
- Member of the NSW Law Society.
- Member of InternetNZ.
- Admitted to practice law in NSW, and is on the Roll of Legal Practitioners for the High Court of Australia.
- Member of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ).
- Member of the International Trademark Association (INTA).
- Member of the Copyright Society of Australia (CSA).
- Member of the Internet Society of Australia.
- Member of .au Domain Administration Ltd (auDA).
- Executive Member of the Asian Pacific Copyright Association.
- Committee Member of the Indigenous Knowledge Forum.
Stephen Judd
Position: Councillor
Term: AGM 2023 – AGM 2026
Declaration Date: 11 August 2023
Interests:
- Trustee of the Fight Against Conspiracy Theories Aotearoa Trust
- Holds a .nz domain name