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.
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
The register was last updated on 14 February 2025.
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, and Catalyst Cloud
- Receives additional honoraria as Chair Governance & CE Review Committee
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 and Risk 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
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
- Rotorua Lakes Council Te Tatau o Te Arawa Partnership Board
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
- Receives additional honoraria as Chair of Te Komiti Whakauru Māori
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: 25 November 2024
Interests:
- Holder of 3 .nz domain names
- Founder/owner www.CxO.support
- Advisor of www.APIContext.com (USA), FamiliarRobotics.com (USA), www.blockidentity.com (Indonesia)
- Board Chair of Science Fiction and Fantasy Conventions of NZ, a registered charity