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structure
This page looks at the shape and size of the dot-nz space
- the New Zealand ccTLD.
It covers -
Like
Australia, the New Zealand space is subdivided into a
range of 2LDs.
current
As
of 2003 the 2LDs within the dot-nz space are -
.ac.nz
- tertiary educational institutions and related entities
.co.nz - companies and other commercial entities
.cri.nz - government research institutes
.gen.nz - individuals and other entities not
covered elsewhere, broadly equivalent to the Australian
.id 2LD
.govt.nz - national, regional and local government
agencies with statutory powers
.iwi.nz - a traditional Maori tribe, mandated
by the local Iwi Authority
.maori.nz - a space for Indigenous-related entities
(described here)
that do not meet the .iwi.nz rule
.mil.nz - the New Zealand armed forces
.net.nz - ISPs and other entities "directly
related to the NZ Internet"
.org.nz - not-for-profit organisations
.school.nz - primary, secondary and pre-schools
and related entities
additional 2LDs
In 1997 the Council of InternetNZ (formerly ISOCNZ) accepted
a paper on Future Development of the .NZ Domain Name
Space, discussed in a historical background document.
The paper identified
principles that should govern all second level domain
names and established a process
for the creation of new 2LDs, involving a poll of the
organisation's members (ie a few hundred votes).
Proposals for several new 2LDs arose in response to that
process: the .maori.nz 2LD was approved in mid 2002 but
a proposed .bank.nz
- for financial institutions (described here)
has failed to gain sufficient support in two polls.
A .geek.nz proposal
was approved by the InternetNZ board in 2003 and gained
832 registrations by 2007, with a .parliament.nz 2LD (with
two registrations) being established in 2006.
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