Domainz
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DomainzLimited was the original.nzregistry operator and is now anICANNaccrediteddomain name registrarand web host.
IANAdelegated the.nz namespace to John Houlker on 19 January 1987, and theUniversity of Waikatoissued.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 andThe Internet Society of New Zealand(Isocnz) agreed to a redelegation of the.nz name to Isocnz. The University of Waikato was contracted to continue hosting the.nz namespace until Isocnz was in a position to assume full responsibility for theDomain Name System(DNS). Isocnz established a subsidiary company, “The New Zealand Internet Registry Ltd”, trading as Domainz, to run the.nz registry, on 15 April 1997. Domainz commenced allocating domain names, to both companies and individuals, evolving what was known as the Domainz Registration System (DRS).
Concern over a new online registry system, which was suffering a welter of problems, and opposition to a lawsuit (against Alan Brown, the founder ofORBS) 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 registrarMelbourne ITLimited.
In October 2003 there were in excess of 40 registrars interacting with the.nzShared Registry System.
References and sources
[edit]- ^Radio New ZealandO'Brien vs BrownArchivedSeptember 29, 2007, at theWayback 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.Retrieved22 July2018.
- ^"Outline Document of Shared Registry System Policies".New Zealand Domain Name Commissioner.22 December 2008.Archivedfrom the original on 2014-08-29.Retrieved22 July2018.