landmarks

This chronology highlights the development of the dot-nz domain administration regime.

Context is provided by the broader communications, information technology and media timeline on this site. There is also a basic chronology for ICANN, the UDRP and ACPA.

1989 University of Waikato is first NZ institution with connection to net

1995 research/educational institutions account for only half of NZ's international net traffic

1995 Internet Society of New Zealand (ISOCNZ) established

1995 ISOCNZ gains broad policy responsibility for dot-nz

1996 University of Waikato academic passes delegation to ISOCNZ with support of IANA

1997 Domainz established by ISOCNZ to provide registry and registrar services

2000 Domainz takes running of dot-nz registry from Uni of Waikato

2001 ISOCNZ becomes InternetNZ

2001 'bank' 2LD proposal rejected

2002 'maori' 2LD proposal accepted

2002 Domain Name Commissioner established

2002 introduction of competition in registrar services

2002 implementation of Shared Registry System by NZRS

2003 geek.nz 2LD approved

2003 Domainz sold to Melbourne IT

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