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- You may remember our InternetNZ campaign from last year. Well, once again, we are asking you to take a small action to protect a large part of the internet from race-based nonsense.
- The team at Free Speech Union have alerted us to this issue cropping up again, so we agreed to share this with you.
- In case you don't recall, InternetNZ manages the entire .nz domain. Right now, it is being steered away from its technical purpose and towards a highly political agenda.
- In 2022, it declared itself as "institutionally racist" after an internal review.
- It could also be argued that its rewritten constitution is itself divisive and racist.
- The new constitution centres the Treaty of Waitangi over neutral governance, requires one-third Māori board membership and a non-negotiable Māori co-chair.
- It's also positioning itself to take a more active role in online content decisions and policing - with significant free speech ramifications.
- Last year, the Free Speech Union achieved a massive win by getting Jonathan Ayling elected to the InternetNZ board. This year, we have the chance to finish the job - but only if you act by this Sunday, 10 May.
- The Strategy:
- Two board seats are up for election this year. These are winnable, but only if we have enough principled members ready to vote. To be eligible, you must be a member for at least three months before the AGM.
- Your 2-Minute Action Plan:
- Join InternetNZ: Sign up as a paid member ($21/year) at internetnz.nz/membership.
- Tell us you’re in: Once you’ve joined, [fill out our form here] so we can send you suggested voting instructions when the election opens.
- Important: We need you to do both. If you join but don't tell us, we can’t coordinate the vote, and the effort will be wasted.
- The Deadline: Sunday, 10 May 2026 (that's this Sunday, three months before the AGM)
- We cannot afford to let the .nz domain be governed by ideology instead of equality.
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