.nz

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.nz is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for New Zealand. It is administered by InternetNZ via the Domain Name Commissioner. Registrations are processed via authorised registrars. There are over 221,000 registered .nz domains.

Contents

1 Second-level domains

1.1 Moderated
1.2 Unmoderated
1.3 Previously used

2 References
3 External links

Second-level domains

As is the case with most other English-speaking countries apart from the US, there are numerous sub-level domains that identify whether the user is a company, a non-commercial organisation or government body.

Unlike other English-speaking countries, New Zealand, confusingly, uses 'govt', instead of 'gov' for government bodies, hence 'govt.nz'. There are also sub-level domains unique to New Zealand, such as 'iwi.nz' iwi for traditional Māori tribal groups and 'geek.nz' for 'geeks' .

The following Second level domains are in use with their official descriptions.

Moderated

.cri.nz — Crown Research Institutes.
.govt.nz — National, regional and local government organisations operating with statutory powers. Registration is only available through the government registrar, [DNS.govt.nz].
.iwi.nz — A traditional Māori tribe, hapu, or Taurahere group. Available from [register.iwi.nz].
.parliament.nz - Reserved for parliamentary agencies, Offices of Parliament, and parliamentary political parties and their elected members.
.mil.nz — Military organisations of the NZ Government.

Unmoderated

.ac.nz — Tertiary educational institutions and related organisations
.co.nz — Organisations pursuing commercial aims and purposes
.geek.nz — For people who are concentrative, technically skilled and imaginative who are generally adept with computers
.gen.nz — Individuals and other organisations not covered elsewhere
.maori.nz — Māori people, groups, and organisations
.net.nz — Organisations and service providers directly related to the NZ Internet
.org.nz — Not-for-profit organisations
.school.nz — Primary, secondary and pre-schools and related organisations

Previously used

The Domain archie.nz also existed for an Archie search engine Server operated by the University of Waikato until the mid 1990s.

Since only some of the domains are moderated, it is possible to register outside of the area intended.

References

External links

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See also: Generic top-level domains

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