Reach local markets in New Zealand using Maori Language Domain Names

Individuals and businesses located anywhere in the globe can now register, under the .nz domain name space, internationalised domain names with macronised vowels in the Māori language, an official language under New Zealand law.   With this launch, domain names can be registered using a combination of English (Latin) alphabet characters a-z, digits, the ‘-’ hyphen, and characters ā, ē, ī, ō and ū.

Available extensions for registration of Internationalised Domain Names include:

   .ac.nz — Tertiary educational institutions and related organisations

  .co.nz — Organisations pursuing commercial aims and purposes

  .net.nz — Organisations and service providers directly related to the NZ Internet

  .org.nz — Not-for-profit organisations

  .gen.nz — Individuals and other organisations not covered elsewhere

  .geek.nz — For people who are concentrative, technically skilled and imaginative who are generally adept with computers

  .maori.nz — Māori people, groups, and organisations

  .māori.nz — Māori people, groups, and organisations

  .school.nz — Primary, secondary and pre-schools and related organisations

Registrations will be opened in two phases:

IDN Sunrise Phase:  from now till 6 July 2010

To avoid potential disputes, customers who wish to register an IDN variant of their existing ASCII domain names can apply during this phase

General Launch Phase from 26 July 2010

This phase will be launched In conjunction with New Zealand Maori Language Week.  From 26th July 2010, 6am (GMT +8) onwards, all other individuals and businesses can begin registration on a first-come-first served basis.

To view registration rules in detail, please do a Country Rules Search

To start registration, check availability here!

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