.nz policy review

Part of our role as the home and guardian for the .nz domain is to:

provide the infrastructure, security and support to keep the .nz domain running
set the policies for the registration and use of a .nz domain.

Our policies set out the rules and procedures for anyone owning a .nz domain name. They include:

the roles and responsibilities of those involved in the .nz domain
the procedures they need to follow
how we manage any disputes about .nz domain names.

In 2019 InternetNZ began a comprehensive review of these policies to make sure they’re modern, robust, safe and world class.

InternetNZ appointed the .nz Advisory Panel to conduct a review, and consult with New Zealanders.

The Advisory Panel consisted of:

Sue Chetwin (Chair)
Alma Hong
Mark Boddington
Matt Brown
Mark Thomas
Tim Johnson
Ty Kahu
Charlie Gavey
Robert Rolls.

The Advisory Panel had conversations with a diverse range of New Zealanders to consider whether the .nz policy framework was still fit-for-purpose. It developed an Issues Report in January 2020 which laid out the issues the Panel found with the current setting for .nz.

After exploring these issues, the panel produced an Options Report which was released for public consultation over July-August 2020. A summary of submissions from that consultation can be found here.

The .nz Advisory Panel completed its work in September 2020 with a final Recommendations Report on how InternetNZ should move forward from here.

All papers relating to the review can be found here:

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