IPv6

There is growing urgency for the Internet to support both IPv4 and IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6), a network layer Internet protocol standard used to exchange data across a packet-switched internet.

IPv6 is being formally adopted as a replacement for IPv4 and together these will offer vastly increased resources. More than one million new devices connect to the Internet every week, with the pool of four billion IPv4 addresses expected to be exhausted by 2010.

New Zealand IPv6 Task Force

The New Zealand IPv6 Task Force is tasked with developing an IPv6 action plan, training and education options, and assisting with IPv6 implementation planning.

The Task Force supercedes the New Zealand IPv6 Steering Group and is aligned with the Global IPv6 Forum. Its work is driven by the impending exhaustion of IPv4 addressing and the associated risk and additional cost that this is expected to impose on New Zealand organisations.

Visit the New Zealand IPv6 Status Survey for an indication of IPv6 uptake in New Zealand to-date: New Zealand IPv6 Status Survey

IPv6 Wiki & Mailing Lists

A Wiki providing technical IPv6 deployment guidance can be found at the following link: http://wiki.ipv6.org.nz

To join the discussion on New Zealand-related IPv6 issues please consider subscribing to the following mailing lists:

IPv6 Public Mailing List: for general IPv6 discussion
http://listserver.internetnz.net.nz/mailman/listinfo/ipv6_maillist

IPv6 Technical Mailing List: for technical IPv6 discussion
http://listserver.internetnz.net.nz/mailman/listinfo/ipv6-techsig