SiteHost experienced a major incident on September 21, 2026 affecting Domains, lasting 2h 9m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Sep 21, 2026, 09:20 PM UTC
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.
- investigating Sep 21, 2026, 09:20 PM UTC
We are continuing to investigate this issue.
- identified Sep 21, 2026, 10:01 PM UTC
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)
- monitoring Sep 21, 2026, 10:22 PM UTC
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.
- resolved Sep 21, 2026, 11:29 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.