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The number of locally registered internet domain names has hit 300,000.
InternetNZ, the internet Society of New Zealand, said the rate of growth of registrations with the .nz suffix was showing no sign of slowing, which was good for people operating in the .nz domain space.
Registrations hit 250,000 in October last year, and the average rate of new domain names created per month over 2006/07 was 7451, compared with 6280 the year before.
Domain Name Commissioner Debbie Monahan said most of the growth has been occurring in the .co.nz domain. She said the .nz domain space has become highly competitive since the introduction of the Shared Registry Service in 2003.
- NZPA
