DNS Zone Distribution Maintenance

Scheduled for Mar 12, 11:00 - 14:00 NZDT

Scheduled

We will be performing maintenance on .nz DNS Zone processing systems.

During this maintenance window we will pause updates to our DNS distribution primaries.

Changes in the IRS platform will not be reflected in DNS until the end of the maintenance window. The DNS will continue to serve the content of the zones prior to the start of maintenance.

This will pause updates to the following zones:
nz, ac.nz, co.nz, cri.nz, geek.nz, gen.nz, govt.nz, health.nz, iwi.nz, kiwi.nz, maori.nz, mil.nz, net.nz, org.nz, parliament.nz, and school.nz

The DNSSEC policies updated with the correct TTL timing will be enforced, this will result in the safe retirement of the old keys and allow us to remove old keys from the zones.

For questions or issues please contact registry@internetnz.net.nz.
Posted Mar 12, 2026 - 05:06 NZDT
This scheduled maintenance affects: IRS Production (Zone Publish).