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Retirement of the nzhistory.net.nz domain

B. White made this Official Information request to Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Currently waiting for a response from Ministry for Culture and Heritage, they must respond promptly and normally no later than (details and exceptions).

From: B. White

Hi there,

I am interested in information relating to the domain nzhistory.net.nz which was previously occupied by a site owned by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage (see snapshot here https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webar...)

Can you please provide information pertaining to the decision to shut down this website.

While not limiting my request to this area - one area I would specifically like to understand is if any risk assessment was made in regard to this domain not being renewed.

The domain seems to have been picked up by a registrant in Kazakhstan and is advertising gambling websites.

Was any assessment of backlinks done to ensure that the impact of the site deletion would be minimal?

Yours faithfully,
B White

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From: Ministerial and OIA Enquiries
Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Kia ora

This email acknowledges receipt of your OIA request below.

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact Ministerial Services at [Ministry for Culture and Heritage request email]. If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact us so that these can be considered.

Ngā mihi,

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