Here are a few FAQs relating to Usenet in New Zealand, please let me 
know if you are aware of any others or have additional info on the ones 
already listed.


How do I post to nz.test?
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nz.test may be posted to the same way as another unmoderated nz.* group, 
however there are several sites ( Waikato, Victoria & Auckland 
Universities plus others) that automaticly send you a message so that 
you know that your posting software/newsfeed is working. To prevent 
these sites from responding to your posts include the word "ignore" in 
the Subject.

If the article leaks overseas you might also get responses from many 
sites around the world to you post. To prevent this you could try setting 
the distribution of your article to "nz".


Should I used nz.wanted or nz.forsale?
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You should use nz.wanted for all posts including 'For-Sale' notices. 
nz.forsale is a bogus group is carried on very few sites. Messages of a 
commercial nature should be avoided in nz.wanted. The nz.biz.misc group was 
created for these.


How do I get nz.* groups outside of New Zealand?
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Google provide a web based interface to most newsgroups via 
http://groups.google.com/ , The nz.* groups are under:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=nz

Most pay Usenet providers carry the nz.* newsgroups, A list of them
and a guide to using them is provided by Jeremy Nixon at:
http://www.exit109.com/~jeremy/news/providers/

The Open Directory also has another list at:

http://dmoz.org/Computers/Usenet/Feed_Services/


Usenet New Zealand will also provide cheap/free read access or feeds of the 
nz.* hierarchy (and others), contact Simon Lyall <simon@darkmere.gen.nz> for 
details.


What is usenet.net.nz?
======================

The alias usenet.net.nz has been created to help with some admin issues 
with nz.* groups. So far it is only used for moderated nz.* groups but 
in the future other services will hopefully be based from it.

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