It supports the development of New Zealand's internet through policy and grants to individuals and organisations, research, and events.

[8] The Domain Name Commission supports the work of InternetNZ including administering an independent dispute resolution service.

[citation needed] The elected InternetNZ council as at 27 July 2023 are Joy Liddicoat (President), Brenda Wallace (Vice President), Kate Pearce, Richard Hulse, Anthony Bow, Jeff Montgomery, Potaua Biasiny-Tule, Alpana Roy, Whetu Fala, Anjum Rahman, and Stephen Judd.

[10] The Internet Society of New Zealand was originally formed in 1995 to take responsibility for the .nz country code top-level domain.

On the 31 October 2007 InternetNZ formalised its relationship with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).