.nz update

APTLD

August 2007

.nz domain name space

Almost 300,000 .nz domain names

Domain Names

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Year ending 31 March

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A competitive market place

Market share for top 4 registrars continues to drop relative to other registrars

Now over 70 authorised .nz registrars.nz Market Share

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Next 4 Registrars

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Policy matters

Registering, Managing and Cancelling Domain Names policy under review

Planned review of Dispute Resolution Service to take place later this year

Working Group consulting on issue of IDNs for Māori script domain names incorporating the use of macrons

Dispute Resolution Service 110 complaints were received in first 14 months, to end of July

2007• 72 valid complaints;

Of these• 19 proceeded to an Expert determination

• 13 ordered transferred• 1 ordered cancelled• 4 dismissed• 1 was under consideration by an Expert

• 30 were resolved between the parties either at, or prior to mediation

• 12 were withdrawn• The remaining 11 disputes were continuing through the

process.

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