The redelegation to InternetNZ occurred in 1996, when Waikato University wished to cease providing domain name registration services due to the increasing demand for domain names in the .nz space, during the years of rapid growth of the Internet. [[IANA]] authorised this friendly redelegation, and the New Zealand Government acknowledged this change a number of years later. | The redelegation to InternetNZ occurred in 1996, when Waikato University wished to cease providing domain name registration services due to the increasing demand for domain names in the .nz space, during the years of rapid growth of the Internet. [[IANA]] authorised this friendly redelegation, and the New Zealand Government acknowledged this change a number of years later. |