.NZ Registry Up For Sale

[RJ]

Want to be the "Verisign" of New Zealand? Here's your chance.

Domainz, the dominant domain name reseller in New Zealand, will be sold by its owner, InternetNZ, by September this year prior to the introduction of a new administrative structure.

"InternetNZ... is selling Domainz. Domainz was the .nz registry and sole registrar until October 2002 and since the introduction of a new shared registry system has become a registrar for .nz domain names," InternetNZ said in a statement. "It is a conflict of interest to own a registrar, as well as owning the new registry and also act as market regulator".

Domainz is currently the "stabilising registrar" in New Zealand, a role that was established to allow the transition to the new administrative structure.

Executive director of Domainz owner InternetNZ, Peter Macauley, says there are already some buyers interested. The sale has been anticipated for some time.

"Even though we've just announced the sale, most people in the industry knew domainz would be for sale once we opened up the registry," he told ZDNet Australia.

Full story
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000048590,20275041,00.htm

 

[drifta]

lol wish i had the money