1. .nz update APTLD August 2007

2. .nz domain name space ¢Almost 300,000.nz domain names

3. A competitive market place ¢Market share for top 4 registrars continues to drop relative to other registrars ¢Now over 70 authorised.nz registrars

4. Policy matters ¢Registering, Managing and Cancelling Domain Names policy under review ¢Planned review of Dispute Resolution Service to take place later this year ¢Working Group consulting on issue of IDNs for Māori script domain names incorporating the use of macrons

5. Dispute Resolution Service ¢110 complaints were received in first 14 months, to end of July 2007 72 valid complaints; ¢Of these 19 proceeded to an Expert determination 13 ordered transferred 1 ordered cancelled 4 dismissed 1 was under consideration by an Expert 30 were resolved between the parties either at, or prior to mediation 12 were withdrawn The remaining 11 disputes were continuing through the process.

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