However after getting to the screen that provided the DNS configuration information, I could establish ownership of the domains. I meticulously went through the Domain Name records deleting them and resetting them as as directed to no avail.

I found the following threads and found no solution in them

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/oadmincenter-ocustomdom/you-need-to-prove-ownership-of-this-domain-by/cc88abe8-c40e-4106-b3b6-c08244889873

I thought that possibly the domain administrator could be the issue after reading (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/set-up-administrator-accounts) so setup a new outlook.com account and deleted the dairyfarmsnz.com domain in order to set it up on the new outlook.com account...

however I am now back with the initial error, which I think could have been the issue all along.

are you able to look at the DNS records for dairyfarmsnz.co.nz and tell me if you can see anything wrong, and additionally can you tell me why I cannot proceed with the dairyfarmnz.com domain error I am recieving.

I have spent many hours trying to work this through and are now in urgent need of assistance.

Thank you.

Matt