The Domain Name Commission and the Department of Internal Affairs have agreed to co-operate to combat behaviours that would threaten a safe, secure and trusted .nz online environment.
Holders of the .geek.nz domain name are mainly from New Zealand, retain their name for longer and 60% of them are registered by individuals, as opposed to organisations.
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ICANN has begun testing an internet facility for handling non-English character domain names.
InternetNZ sees the last-minute sidelining of internet governance issues from the agenda of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) as a positive development. "It was a predictable result," says executive director Keith Davidson. "It probably reflects an attempt to appease all parties."