NZRS Information

NZRS is a limited liability company formed in 2002 to operate and manage the registration of .nz domain names and the operation of the .nz Domain Name System (DNS). Since then our scope has widened and we provide additional services to support the local Internet community. We work closely with our sibling organisation, Domain Name Commission Ltd (DNCL), who authorise registrars, set the policy for .nz and monitor our service level agreement. NZRS is 100% owned by InternetNZ, the membership society that protects and promotes the Internet. InternetNZ is the manager of the .nz country code, recognised as such by ICANN, and has delegated the running of .nz to us and DNCL, also a 100% owned subsidiary. All three companies are registered charities. We have an independent board of five directors appointed by InternetNZ, one of whom is also an elected councillor of InternetNZ. We follow best practice in all aspects of governance and registry operations as much as possible for a company of our size.