For some reason the Australian currency is worth more than
NZ currency and hence A$1.8 million is around NZ$2.0
million.

I am sure this situation will reverse in time :-)

DPF

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 09:06:20 +1000, "Discount Domain Name Services"
<rod&#167;ddns.com.au> wrote:

>$1.8 was the quote from the Australian.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: DPF [mailto:david&#167;farrar.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 5:34 PM
>To: dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
>Subject: [DNS] Sale of Domainz
>
>
>Subscribers here may be interested in the announcement that Domainz
>(the former .nz registry and now major .nz registrar) has been sold to
>Melbourne IT for NZ$2 million.
>
>Full details of the sale are at http://www.internetnz.net.nz/sale
>
>The sale occurred because InternetNZ as market regulator, and registry
>owner, believed it was a conflict of interest to also own a
>competitive registrar past the transition period.
>
>DPF

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