The consultations listed below have recently been completed.
Current
There are no open consultations.
Recently Completed
| Name | Description | View |
|---|---|---|
| Interim Policy Consultation | InternetNZ has undertaken a review of the Group organisation structure including NZRS and DNCL. | Interim Policy Consultation 2018 |
| Port 43 WHOIS Requirements Consultation | The DNCL has recently received a letter from NZRS Ltd who operate the .nz registry including the .nz DNS and the .nz Port 43 WHOIS. | Port 43 Requirements Consultation |
| Review of Dispute Resolution Service Policy Clause 4.3 | This review is being undertaken to review the need for clause 4.3 in DRS policy | Review of Dispute Resolution Service Policy Clause 4.3 |
| .nz WHOIS review - Fifth consultation | This is the fifth and concluding consultation relating to the WHOIS review, submissions closed at midday, Tuesday 9 May 2017. | https://dnc.org.nz/nz-whois-review-fifth-consultation |
| Proposed changes to .nz Conflicted Name Process | Following an internal review of conflicted names in the .nz domain name space, we have identified a number of proposed changes that we believe will streamline the Conflicted Name Process and, over time, help reduce the total number of conflicted names. | https://dnc.org.nz/conflicted-names |
Selected List
The following selected list of consultations illustrate the range of issues DNCL that has consulted on - showing some of the major changes that have occurred in the .nz domain name space. For an archive of .nz consultations, see the archive section.
| Name | Description | View |
|---|---|---|
| Interim Policy Consultation | InternetNZ has undertaken a review of the Group organisation structure including NZRS and DNCL. | Interim Policy Consultation 2018 |
| Registrations direct at the second level | Resulted in a change allowing shorter domain names to be registered direct at .nz. | HTML |
| .kiwi.nz second level domain | Resulted in a change allowing registrations of domain names in the .kiwi.nz second level. | HTML |
| Internationalised domain names in .nz | Resulted in a change allowing domain names with macronised vowels ā, ē, ī, ō and ū to be registered. | HTML |
| .health.nz second level domain | Resulted in a change allowing moderated registrations of domain names in the .health.nz second level. | HTML |
| Dispute resolution service for .nz | Resulted in the creation of the .nz Dispute Resolution Service | HTML |
| .geek.nz second level domain | Resulted in a change allowing registrations of names in the .geek.nz second level. | HTML |
Archive
A list of previous DNC consultations can be found here.