A couple of days ago the .kiwi.nz second level domain was opened up. Within a day over 1000 domains were registered.
But I was wondering who is registering the domains, I though I’d have a quick look though some top brands and domains:
- telecom.kiwi.nz – Squatter
- vodafone.kiwi.nz – Squatter
- 2degrees.kiwi.nz – Squatter
- google.kiwi.nz – Squatter
- yahoo.kiwi.nz – Squatter
- bing.kiwi.nz – Squatter
- youtube.kiwi.nz – Squatter
- facebook.kiwi.nz – Squatter
- trademe.kiwi.nz – Squatter
- stuff.kiwi.nz – Squatter
- nzherald.kiwi.nz – Squatter
- msn.kiwi.nz – Available
- wikipedia.kiwi.nz – Available
- asb.kwi.nz – Squatter
- bnz.kiwi.nz – Squatter
- westpac.kiwi.nz – Squatter
- kiwibank.kiwi.nz – Available
- nationalbank.kiwi.nz – Squatter
- tv3.kiwi.nz – Squatter
- tvnz.kiwi.nz – Squatter
- sky.kiwi.nz – Legit Owner
- airnz.kiwi.nz – Legit Owner
- skykiwi.kiwi.nz – Squatter
- coke.kiwi.nz – Squatter
- pepsi.kiwi.nz – Squatter
Several in the list above (and I assume other domains) have been registered by the same few people. Overall not a good look but I assume things will calm down after a few lawyers letters and dollars are exchanged.
