Who manages our domain names?

There are 360 000 domain names ending in .nz, one for every 11 New Zealanders. Last week's re-branding raised awareness of the newer 2nd level domain names (SLD's) in NZ such as .geek.nz, and .maori.nz by the Domain Name Commission; mentioned was the new SLD .health.nz which the Domain Name Commissioner Debbie Monahan explains in this video is a "moderated second level domain name" meaning organisations must apply and be approved for using the .health.nz domain. The NZ Domain Name Commission http://www.dnc.org.nz regulates the New Zealand domain name space including issuing the UDAI key used for seamlessly transferring your domain name to a different registrar in New Zealand, and can approve requests for new second level domain names.

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• dnc.org.nz
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• commissioner
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• internet
• SLD
• debbie
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• brenda
• wallace
• .geek.nz
• .school.nz
• .maori.nz
• .health.nz

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