.nz

.nz is the ccTLD for New Zealand. It is managed by InternetNZ.

Rules and Restrictions

A person can apply to register a .nz domain name if the person is an identifiable individual over the age of 18 or lawfully constituted entity.

The applicant must guarantee that the applicant warrants that

• they are entitled to register the domain name as requested;
• registering the proposed .nz domain name would not infringe any other parties' rights;
• their registration will be governed by New Zealand law.

Second-level Domains

There are two categories of second-level domains, the unmoderated and the moderated.

The unmoderated SLDs available are:

• .ac.nz
• .co.nz
• .geek.nz
• .gen.nz
• .kiwi.nz
• .maori.nz
• .net.nz
• .org.nz
• .school.nz

The moderated SLDs available are:

• .cri.nz
• .govt.nz
• .health.nz
• .iwi.nz
• .mil.nz
• .parliament.nz

Characters

To be registered on the .nz Register, a domain name must use only lowercase letters (a-z), digits (0-9) and the '-' hyphen. A .nz domain name can use vowel letters with a macron (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū) in addition to the characters. However, a domain name must not:

• be longer than 63 characters;
• use a hyphen as the third or fourth character unless it is an IDN (Internationalised Domain Name);
• end in any of the following suffixes and their IDN versions that might mislead or confuse: ".gov.nz", ".government.nz", ".com.nz", ".edu.nz", ".nic.nz".