Major incident

SiteHost: .nz Domain Issues

Affected: Domains

Current status of SiteHost: Operational — live SiteHost status

Timeline

1. Sep 21, 2026, 21:20 UTC
   investigating
   We're investigating an issue affecting all .nz domains. Registrations, renewals and transfers are currently unavailable. We'll update this notice as soon as we know more.
2. Sep 21, 2026, 21:20 UTC
   investigating
   We are continuing to investigate this issue.
3. Sep 21, 2026, 22:01 UTC
   identified
   Our upstream supplier InternetNZ has identified an issue at their end impacting multiple registrars. We're in contact with them and are awaiting a resolution (https://status.internetnz.nz/incidents/0lpv5xvhd2wr)
4. Sep 21, 2026, 22:22 UTC
   monitoring
   InternetNZ have implemented a fix and .nz functionality has been restored. We'll continue monitoring closely, but registrations, renewals and transfers should all be working correctly now.
5. Sep 21, 2026, 23:29 UTC
   resolved
   This incident has been resolved.

Updates as published by SiteHost (original).