Select your cookie preferences

We use essential cookies and similar tools that are necessary to provide our site and services. We use performance cookies to collect anonymous statistics, so we can understand how customers use our site and make improvements. Essential cookies cannot be deactivated, but you can choose “Customize” or “Decline” to decline performance cookies.

If you agree, AWS and approved third parties will also use cookies to provide useful site features, remember your preferences, and display relevant content, including relevant advertising. To accept or decline all non-essential cookies, choose “Accept” or “Decline.” To make more detailed choices, choose “Customize.”

.net.nz (New Zealand)

Focus mode
.net.nz (New Zealand) - Amazon Route 53

Return to index

Lease period for registration and renewal

One to ten years.

Restrictions

Your can register the following second-level domains with Route 53: .co.nz, .net.nz, and .org.nz. You can't register .nz (first-level) domains with Route 53 or transfer .nz domains to Route 53.

Open to the public, with some restrictions:

  • Individuals must be at least 18.

  • Organizations must be registered.

Privacy protection

Not supported.

Domain locking to prevent unauthorized transfers

Not supported. We recommend that you prevent unauthorized transfers by restricting access to the RetrieveDomainAuthCode API action. (When you restrict access to this Route 53 API, you also restrict who can generate an authorization code using the Route 53 console, AWS SDKs, and other programmatic methods.) For more information, see Identity and access management in Amazon Route 53.

Internationalized domain names

Supported.

Authorization code required for transfers

Yes

DNSSEC

Supported for domain registration. For more information, see Configuring DNSSEC for a domain.

Deadlines for renewing and restoring domains
  • Renewal is possible: Until the expiration date

  • Late renewal with Route 53 is possible: Until 44 days after expiration

  • Domain is deleted from Route 53: 44 days after expiration

  • Restoration with the registry is possible: Between 44 days and 134 days after expiration

  • Domain is deleted from the registry: 134 days after expiration

PrivacySite termsCookie preferences
© 2025, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.