About NZRS

NZRS (.nz Registry Services) is the trading name of New Zealand Domain Name Registry Limited, 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.  The terms of this delegation are set out in our operating agreement with InternetNZ.  All our annual reports to our shareholder are published in our section on governance documents.

All three companies are registered charities.  As set out in our company constitution, the charitable objects of NZRS are those of its shareholders (InternetNZ) and all profits are distributed solely for the benefit of its shareholders.

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.