and made available for registrations on 11 September 2012. Second-level domains There are a number of second-level domains that identify whether the user is a company, a non-commercial organisation, government body or other classification. In October 2013, InternetNZ decided to allow domain names to be registered at the second level in the .nz domain name space, aligning the .nz domain name space with a majority of other top level domains that already allow registrations directly at the second level. The second level domain names were launched with a sunrise period from 30 September 2014 to 30 March 2015 (to allow people with similar domains to register the shorter version). From 30 March 2015 .nz domain names were available to everyone. The early New Zealand second-level domains ac.nz, .co.nz and .govt.nz were based on those used in the UK. At the time it was considered desirable that the names were not in use as first-level domains, so .edu.nz, .com.nz and .gov.nz were rejected. There are also sub-level domains unique to New Zealand, such as iwi.nz for Māori iwi and the broader maori.nz for other Māori organisations, and geek.nz for "geeks". The following second-level domains are in use with their official descriptions. Since only some of the domains are moderated, it is possible to register outside the area intended. Unmoderated .nz – First level NZ domain, general use .ac.nz – Tertiary educational institutions and related organisations .co.nz – Organisations pursuing commercial aims and purposes .geek.nz – For people who are concentrative, technically skilled and imaginative who are generally adept with computers .gen.nz – Individuals and other organisations not covered elsewhere .kiwi.nz – For people or organisations that associate with being 'Kiwi' (the colloquial term for New Zealanders) .maori.nz – Māori people, groups, and organisations .net.nz – Organisations and service providers directly related to the NZ Internet .org.nz – Not-for-profit organisations .school.nz – Primary, secondary and pre-schools and related organisations Moderated .cri.nz – Crown Research Institutes .govt.nz – National, regional and local government organisations operating with statutory powers. The government registrar, DNS.govt.nz controls registration; a government portal operates at www.govt.nz .health.nz – Health organisations .iwi.nz – Traditional Māori tribes, hapū, or Taura here groups. Available from register.iwi.nz .mil.nz – The military organisation of the New Zealand government, the New Zealand Defence Force .parliament.nz – Reserved for parliamentary agencies, offices of parliament, and parliamentary political parties and their elected members; main website operates at