David Farrar (New Zealand)

David P Farrar
Farrar in 2010 at the New Zealand Open Source Awards
Born	(1967-09-11) 11 September 1967 (age 50)
Nationality	New Zealander
Alma mater	University of Otago, Victoria University of Wellington
Occupation	Blogger, pollster, political activist
Website	kiwiblog.co.nz

David Peter Farrar (born 11 September 1967) is a New Zealand political activist, , and pollster. He is a frequent commentator in the media on Internet issues. Farrar has held many roles within the New Zealand National Party and has worked in Parliament for four National Party leaders.

His blog, Kiwiblog, was the most widely read and commented on New Zealand blog in 2009. Farrar also maintains a presence on social networking sites Facebook and Twitter. In 2007 the National Business Review stated that: "Any realistic 'power list' produced in this country would include either Farrar or his fellow blogger and opinion leader Russell Brown."

Farrar was educated in Wellington, attending St Mark's Church School and Rongotai College. He is of Jewish descent on his father's side.

He studied at the University of Otago and later at Victoria University of Wellington. Farrar served on the Council of Otago University as a student representative, was President of the Commerce Faculty Students' Association and chaired the Student Representative Council. While he was at the University of Otago, he was the Otago correspondent for Campus News an alternative student newspaper published by a group in Auckland but which was distributed nationwide. The newspaper was published between 1984 and 1988, and David's involvement ran from 1985 to 1987.

Farrar is a director of New Zealand Domain Name Registry Ltd (.nz Registry Services), and manages his own market research company Curia. Farrar is a member of the Market Research Society of New Zealand.

Farrar was Vice-President of the Internet Society of New Zealand, InternetNZ, and is a frequent commentator in both broadcast and print media on Internet issues.