New Zealand IPv6 Steering Group members:
Canterbury Development Corporation
Telecommunications Carriers Forum
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.
IPv6 Hui - August 2009
Attention all CIOs, CTOs and IT Managers. An IPv6 Hui is being held in August 2009, focused on IPv4 address space exhaustion and corporate implementation of IPv6. More information can be found here.
New Zealand IPv6 Steering Group
A New Zealand IPv6 Steering Group has been formed to develop an IPv6 transition plan. The steering group includes representatives from telecommunications carriers, internet service providers, ICT vendors, and industry and user associations.
For an indication of IPv6 uptake in New Zealand to-date visit the New Zealand IPv6 Status Survey: New Zealand IPv6 Status Survey
New Zealand IPv6 Mailing Lists
The following mailing lists have been set up for discussion of New Zealand-related IPv6 issues.
IPv6 Public Mailing List: intended for general IPv6 discussion
http://listserver.internetnz.net.nz/mailman/listinfo/ipv6_maillist
IPv6 Technical Mailing List: intended for technical IPv6 discussion
http://listserver.internetnz.net.nz/mailman/listinfo/ipv6-techsig
IPv6 Wiki
The New Zealand IPv6 Steering Group has created a Wiki that, over time, will provide meaningful deployment guidance to industry and capture mailing list discussion threads. This can be read at:
Media Releases
Industry Agrees - IPv6 Transition Plan Needed - 15 December 2008
