Editing Paintball.co.nz (section)

=== Early domain history ===

The domain '''paintball.co.nz''' was in use during the early development of the commercial internet in New Zealand.

An October 1996 directory of internet-connected New Zealand organisations, compiled by Mark Davies and distributed through the nz.net.announce Usenet group, identified the domain as belonging to:

'''Paintball Express (NZ), Auckland.'''[2]

The listing formed part of a regularly published survey of organisations appearing in the New Zealand internet domain namespace.

The directory included businesses, educational institutions, community organisations and other internet users.

The same Paintball Express listing appeared in subsequent editions of the directory during late 1996 and early 1997.[3]

These records demonstrate that the domain was associated with a paintball-related Auckland organisation by October 1996.

However, the listings were compiled from domain information and do not establish the precise content of the website, whether a public website was operating at that time or who administered it.

The relationship between Paintball Express (NZ) and the later New Zealand Paintball information website is uncertain.

There is no surviving evidence establishing that Rob Maddox originally registered the domain or operated Paintball Express.