Council register of interests

Our Council members are required to register their interests, whether these are commercial, political, or anything else that may affect their role. These are all listed below.

The register was last updated on 11 October 2024.

 

Officers and Council members receive the following annual honoraria:

  • President — $38,500
  • Vice President — $24,062
  • Council member — $19,250*

*Sub-Committee Chairs also receive additional 10% of their honoraria 

  

Stephen Judd

Position: President 

Term: AGM 2024–AGM 2027 

Declaration date: 12 August 2024 

Interests:

  • Trustee of the Fight Against Conspiracy Theories Aotearoa Trust 
  • Holder of a .nz domain name 
  • Member of the NZ Labour Party
  • Contractor to Determine Consulting Ltd
  • Contractor to Open Plan Ltd
  • Member of the NZ Council for Civil Liberties
  • Shareholder of Spark NZ, Zoom Health, Punakaiki Fund, Catalyst Cloud

Anjum Rahman

Position: Vice President

Term:  AGM 2024–AGM 2027

Declaration date: 12 August 2024

Interests:

  • Co-Lead, Inclusive Aotearoa Collective Tāhono
  • Contractor to Shama, Ethnic Women’s Trust
  • Member, Christchurch Call Advisory Network
  • Trustee, Trust Waikato (Waikato Community Trust)
  • Holds a .nz domain name.
  • Receives additional honoraria for being Chair of InternetNZ Audit, Finance and Investment Committee.

Richard Hulse

Position: Councillor

Term: AGM 2024–AGM 2027

Declaration date: 27 August 2024

Interests:

  • Employee of Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision
  • 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

Potaua Biasiny-Tule

Position: Councillor

Term: AGM 2023–AGM 2026

Declaration date: 10 August 2024

Interests: 

  • Co-Founder, Board Member — Digital Natives Academy (DNA)
  • Co-Owner — Native Tech, Native Industries
  • Trustee — Te Takinga marae
  • Member — Nga Toki Whakarururanga
  • Kaitiaki for numerous .co.nz and .iwi.nz whānau domains
  • 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: 11 October 2024

Interests:

  • Holder of three .nz domain names
  • Employee of the Pacific Community SPC, funded by MFAT, Bloomberg Philanthrorpies, and Gates Foundation. 
  • Previous 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

Anthony Bow

Position: Councillor

Term: AGM 2024–AGM 2026

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 2024–AGM 2026

Declaration date: 12 October 2024

Interests:

  • Holder of two .nz domain names
  • 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 

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
  • Receives additional honoraria for being Chair of the InternetNZ .nz Policy Committee

Kris Dempster-Rivett

Position: Councillor

Term: AGM 2024–AGM 2025

Declaration date: 11 September 2024

Interests:

  • Co-Chair Digital Equity Coalition Aotearoa 
  • Director īAko Māori Ltd 
  • Director Inspire Aotearoa 
  • Trustee Taitokerau Education Trust
  • Chair Tokotoko Charitable Trust 
  • Holder of .nz domain names

Daniel Spector 

Position: Councillor 

Term: AGM 2024–2026

Declaration date: 11 September 2024 

Interests:

  • No interests to declare