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NetHui

NetHui is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand NetHui rather than just read about it. In short: NetHui is a New Zealand conference about internet governance and policy issues. First held in 2011, it is organised by InternetNZ and brings together the country's internet community to discuss the issues shaping web use in New Zealand.

Key takeaways

NetHui belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect NetHui to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of NetHui from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

NetHui is a New Zealand conference about internet governance and policy issues. First held in 2011, it is organised by InternetNZ and brings together the country's internet community to discuss the issues shaping web use in New Zealand.

About NetHui is organised by InternetNZ and was first held in 2011. It brings together people from business, government, civil society and the technical and academic sectors to talk about topical issues, challenges, and opportunities the internet brings to New Zealand. Each conference has a theme, with one or more keynote speakers and sessions with opportunities for discussion and debate. It has been held at various locations around the country, with sessions live streamed and recorded. Often there is also live-chat and collaborative online notes facilities available. A NetHui is about discussions, not presentations – participants set topics and lead conversations among all of the attendees. While there are plenary sessions with keynote speakers to bring participants together at the beginning and end of each day, most of a NetHui is dedicated to breakout sessions, often with multiple sessions running concurrently. This format deliberately creates smaller groups so more voices can be heard.

Conferences

NetHui 2011 NetHui 2011 was held from 29 June to 1 July 2011 at the SkyCity Convention Centre in Auckland. The theme was Shaping the future together.

NetHui 2012 NetHui 2012 was held from 11 to 13 July at the SkyCity Convention Centre in Auckland. It included a discussion on "Building online Te Reo and other multilingual content".

NetHuiSouth 2012 NetHuiSouth 2012 was held from 23 to 24 November at Otago University and Otago Museum in Dunedin.

NetHui 2013 NetHui 2012 was held from 8–10 July at the Wellington Town Hall. Hon Amy Adams, Minister for Communications and Information Technology delivered a keynote address. The International Keynote was given by Quinn Norton.

NetHui 2014 NetHui 2014 was held from 9–11 July at the SkyCity Convention Centre in Auckland. The theme was The next 25 years. Sessions covered the current role of the internet in the country and the future for it in the next 25 years. Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand Bill English opened NetHui 2014. Differing from previous years, speakers and sessions were live-streamed to maximise participation. A keynote address was by Privacy Commissioner John Edwards where he discussed a recent Spanish court ruling on Google and the right to be forgotten. Hon Amy Adams, Communications and Information Technology Minister also gave a keynote address.

NetHuiSouth 2014 NetHuiSouth was held from 21 to 22 November in Christchurch.

NetHui 2015 NetHui 2015 was held from 8–10 July at the SkyCity Convention Centre in Auckland. The theme was The Internet Is Everybody’s Business. Hon Amy Adams Communications Minister gave a keynote address.

NetHui 2016 NetHui 2016 was held as three one-day regional events in Nelson on the 13th of October, in South Auckland on the 15th of October, and in Rotorua on the 17th of October.

NetHui 2017 NetHui 2017 was held from 9–10 November at Auckland's Aotea Centre. The theme was Trust and Freedom on the Internet.

NetHui 2018 NetHui 2018 was held as three one-day regional events in the Manawatū on the 5th October at the Palmerston North Conference and Functions Centre, the West Coast on 11 October at the Tai Poutini Polytechnic, Greymouth, and in Southland on 16 October at the Ascot Park Hotel, Invercargill.

NetHui 2019 NetHui 2019 was held from 3–4 October at Te Papa in Wellington.

NetHui 2020 NetHui 2020 was held online from 13 to 14 October.

References

Further reading Conference video recordings: 2011, 2012 ~ NetHuiSouth, 2013, 2014 ~ NetHuiSouth, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 ~ Manawatū and West Coast ~ Southland, 2019, 2020 Conference reports: 2017

External links Official conference website: 2011, 2012 ~ NetHuiSouth, 2013, 2014 ~ NetHuiSouth, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with NetHui

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what NetHui claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to NetHui before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about NetHui ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of NetHui

In research: NetHui appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses NetHui in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: NetHui is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Annual events in New Zealand, Internet governance, Internet in New Zealand, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for NetHui outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study NetHui in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what NetHui means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain NetHui out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is NetHui in simple terms?

Why does NetHui matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study NetHui?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on NetHui.