discuss .co.nz or .nz domains

[franka46]

i registered some .NZ domains recently and one of my twitter domain followers told me that i am wasting my time .He/she told me that co.nz will always be king ,same as co.uk over uk .
That they might become popular in 10 years time .
Now i dont know because my domains are brand new ,some NNN.nz and LLL.nz [keywords]so time will tell.
I am just thinking that people prefer to type shorter extensions ,would they not buy from a website that has .NZ ext but go for the CO.NZ one ?
Isn't it easier to type domain.nz then domain.co.nz ?
Just asking opinions

 

[Kate]

It's the same issue as .uk over .co.uk, shorter version might eventually take over but it's going to take a long time time.
.co.nz is old and established.
As a business I would to own both to cover bases.
For domaining purposes: it's a small market, even premium keywords don't command huge prices, you're looking at low $,$$$ typically.

 

[franka46]

I would be happy with $.$$$ for some of these
vrvr.nz
lady.nz
rank.nz
bong.nz
cigs.nz
meme.nz
tatts.nz
tuna.nz
gum.nz
duh.nz
411.nz
911.nz
200.nz
600.nz