Domainz
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Domainz Limited was the original .nz registry operator and is now an ICANN accredited domain name registrar and web host.
IANA delegated the .nz namespace to John Houlker on 19 January 1987, and the University of Waikato issued .nz domain names and maintained the .nz registry during the early part of Internet availability in New Zealand. During 1996, as Internet use was flourishing in New Zealand, and operation of the .nz registry was becoming burdensome on the University of Waikato, John Houlker, IANA and
Concern over a new online registry system, which was suffering a welter of problems, and opposition to a lawsuit (against Alan Brown, the founder of ORBS) both being championed by Domainz CEO Patrick O'Brien saw all available Isocnz council seats (and subsequently the Domainz board) filled by "rebel" members in elections in July 2000.[1]
The SRS was implemented and became live on 14 October 2002, with Domainz as the sole registrar, acting in a stabilising[2] role, until the first competitive registrar connected to the shared registry on 7 December 2002. Domainz remained as the stabilising registrar until September 2003.[3] In September 2003, Domainz was acquired by Australian-based registrar
In October 2003 there were in excess of 40 registrars interacting with the .nz Shared Registry System.
References and sources
- ^ Radio New Zealand O'Brien vs Brown Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Policy on Domain Name Allocation Process" (PDF). New Zealand Domain Name Commissioner. 14 October 2002. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2003-04-14. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "Outline Document of Shared Registry System Policies". New Zealand Domain Name Commissioner. 22 December 2008. Archived from the original on 2014-08-29. Retrieved 22 July 2018.