Māori activism with Domain Name System

For over 20 years up till 2017,  Māori fought for the right to be to be fairly represented in the New Zealand Internet Domain Name System and to a lesser extent for recognition within the New Zealand Internet governing body InternetNZ, in an act of Māori Internet activism. A simple right that most people take for granted.

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Introduction
– Introduction
– Indigenous Domain Names
– Timeline of Indigenous Domain Names
 – Native Sovereign Nations – nsn

 

iwi.nz
– Introduction
– moderation policy
– Historical criteria
– Value of iwi.nz and protection options
– iwi.nz creation story and history
– iwi.nz directory of iwi.nz domain names
– iwi.nz growth 1994 – 2016

maori.nz
– Introduction
– submission 1 and feedback 1997
– .maori.nz application 2 – 2001
– .maori.nz application 3 – 2002
– .maori.nz application 3 2002 – public submissions
– .maori.nz application 3 2002 – implementation submissions
– maori.nz growth 2002-2016

 

.māori.nz
.māori.nz

 

Macrons in .nz
Macrons in .nz

nz.soc.maori
nz.soc.maori

 

.nz bilingual proposal
.nz bilingual proposal

 

Statistics
Statistics

 

.nz Domain Name Disputes
.nz Domain Name Disputes

 

Alternative Māori domain options
Alternative Māori domain options
– Dot Kiwi

 

Dot Maori feasibility overview
Dot Maori feasibility overview

 

New Zealand Government usage
– Introduction
– New Zealand government response to te Reo Māori email addresses