It’s important to know that the status you return (e.g. Will be PRR - Preferential Registration or Reservation, Will be Conflicted, or Will be Available) depends on the date you registered your existing .nz domain name. Take a look at the Key Eligibility Dates to see where your name fits into the picture.

1pm, 30 September 2014

This is the go-live date for the change.

From this date:

  • You’ll be able to register available names on a first-come, first-served basis
  • If you’re eligible, you’ll be able to register the shorter version of your name before anyone else; or reserve it for free for up to two years.
  • If your .nz domain name is conflicted, you’ll be able to lodge a preference for how you’d like to deal with the conflict.

Between 1pm, 30 September 2014 and 1pm, 30 March 2015

This is the Preferential Registration Eligibility (PRE) period.

Between these dates, if you’re eligible:

  • you’ll be able to register or reserve the shorter version of your name before anyone else or reserve it for free for up to two years.

1pm, 30 March 2015

This is the final day of the Preferential Registration Eligibility (PRE) period.

On this date, if you’re eligible:

  • It’s your last chance to register or reserve the shorter version of your name before anyone else can.

Key eligibility dates

If you registered your existing name before 9am on 30 May 2012:

  • You’ll have PRR (Preferential Registration or Reservation) status if it's the only instance of the name. This means you’ll be able to register or reserve the shorter version of it before anyone else.
  • You’ll have Conflict status if there are multiple instances of the name e.g. .co.nz, .org.nz, .net.nz, etc versions. This means you’ll have to agree with everyone about who will get the shorter version.

If you registered your existing name between 9am on 30 May 2012 and 3pm, 11 February 2014:

  • You’ll have PRR (Preferential Registration or Reservation) status if it's the only instance of the name. This means you’ll be able to register or reserve the shorter version of it before anyone else.
  • If there are multiple instances of the name registered between these dates - e.g. .co.nz, .org.nz, .net.nz, etc versions - (and it's not already 'PRR' or 'Conflicted') the shorter version of the name will be available for general registration (first-come, first-served) from 1pm, 30 September 2014.

If you registered your existing name after 3pm, 11 February 2014:

  • The shorter version of the name will be available for general registration (first-come, first-served) from 1p, 30 September 2014.