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· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
92
GRADE
A
FIX
0
REVIEW
3
PASS
6
INFO
0
Probed from Singapore, Singapore
302 Found
Checks
9
6 PASS 3 REVIEW
C
URL Variants
Action
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
REVIEW
www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS
Critical::
Both www and non-www versions serve content
Got: Both variants return 200 Expected: One variant 301-redirects to the other
Warning::
HTTP→HTTPS redirect uses 302 instead of 301
Got: 302 temporary redirect Expected: 301 permanent redirect

www / non-www

200https://www.nzherald.co.nz/
200https://nzherald.co.nz/

Inconsistent — duplicate content risk

HTTP → HTTPS

302http://nzherald.co.nz/ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/

Use 301 (permanent) instead of 302 (temporary)

B
TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations
74 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to address
REVIEW

Certificate validity

74
days left
0d 30d 60d 90d+

Recommended actions

  • Enable HSTS: Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
  • Enable DNSSEC on your domain for DNS spoofing protection
  • Enable OCSP stapling on your TLS server to remove a CA roundtrip and protect user privacy
B
CDN & Delivery
Cloudflare
REVIEW
Cloudflare
Info::
Site is served via Cloudflare CDN (edge: SIN)
Got: cf-ray: 9eff34a6ff6bb15c-SIN
CDN Detected: Cloudflare
Provider Cloudflare Evidence cf-ray: 9eff34a6ff6bb15c-SIN
A+
DNS Records
2 A records, 6 ms lookup
PASS
2 A records, 6 ms lookup
Info::
Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)
Got: 104.18.3.137, 104.18.2.137
Info::
Has 2 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)
Got: 2606:4700::6812:289, 2606:4700::6812:389
Info::
4 nameserver(s) configured
Got: dns1.p01.nsone.net, dns2.p01.nsone.net, dns3.p01.nsone.net, dns4.p01.nsone.net
Info::
2 mail exchanger(s) configured
Info::
CAA records not checked
CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.
Info::
SPF record present in TXT
Info::
DNS resolution time: 6 ms
Got: 6 ms
A104.18.3.137, 104.18.2.137
AAAA2606:4700::6812:289, 2606:4700::6812:389
CNAME
NSdns1.p01.nsone.net, dns2.p01.nsone.net, dns3.p01.nsone.net, dns4.p01.nsone.net
MX
10 au-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.com
10 au-smtp-inbound-2.mimecast.com
TXT
facebook-domain-verification=b6gf9mv2wbichu3guk1e87n6hsy2z
MS=ms18975447
SPF v=spf1 include:au._netblocks.mimecast.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com inc...
have-i-been-pwned-verification=4bbec387d62f8e4be72b79a52a74cfd2
n3absbav84rogkh2g2gb8cq3f8
google-site-verification=Qlw0hwhKv2mIkqFlDScn04Wrs5L6EcAt1RX4egDU7g4
ca3-e11bad142ea040208c5a14b244a8aaee
google-site-verification=XcD1Acw7Zw52ak8a6rCjwmC3MgBrkElv0GVvXu4HkVM
google-site-verification=hNb_bBhzrgPT1VuWL7ZDtyrFr28BPQuij0BBXF928tc
google-site-verification=iTCR4LG5gbSJ0NzRflFVhBe59q2KmT800jUIZiOabII
google-site-verification=8OB6pzQbLPREayCLl3kYENC_cJexNrvTdIAjVGLNKyY
google-site-verification=oDBB2x5z5YmhTglOcyRvY9GWEPd7_IfmwMkozGM9bhQ
ca3-9293012c534147cb85d8d782377c7b5c
google-site-verification=XhAWr-w28jTkSZPF0S_TOHWqzQQejNV4n8utlmY_Uv4
google-site-verification=bMRTqVNK4TONwnxlRLrcGGQ_AQWpN-o1364eTX7RzB0
CAALookup not available with standard resolver
Resolved in 6 ms

CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.

Why this matters

Informational: CAA (Certification Authority Authorization) records weren't checked in this scan.

A
Redirect Chain
1 redirect(s), 87 ms total
PASS
1 redirect(s), 87 ms total
Info::
Single redirect
Got: https://nzherald.co.nz → https://www.nzherald.co.nz/ (302)
Info::
WWW normalization redirect
Info::
Uses 302 (temporary) redirect
If permanent, use 301 instead.
Got: https://nzherald.co.nz

https://nzherald.co.nz

17 ms · HTTP/1.1

302

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/

70 ms · HTTP/1.1 FINAL

#URLStatusTimeProtocolServer
1https://nzherald.co.nz30217 msHTTP/1.1cloudflare
2https://www.nzherald.co.nz/20070 msHTTP/1.1openresty

See the visual redirect chain in the HTTP Probe tab →

If permanent, use 301 instead.

Why this matters

302 (Found) is for genuinely temporary redirects — if this redirect is permanent, switch to 301 to preserve SEO equity.

Learn more

Search engines treat 302 as temporary, keeping the original URL indexed and not transferring full link equity to the destination. Use 301 (Moved Permanently) for permanent redirects (HTTP→HTTPS, www-vs-non-www, URL restructures).

Source: Google Search Central

A+
IPv6 Readiness
IPv6 reachable (1 ms)
PASS
IPv6 reachable (1 ms)
Info::
IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2606:4700::6812:289, 2606:4700::6812:389
Got: 1 ms connect
IPv6 Ready
AAAA Records 2606:4700::6812:289, 2606:4700::6812:389 Connection Reachable (1 ms)
A+
Crawlability
robots.txt present, sitemap with 10054 URLs
PASS
robots.txt present, sitemap with 10054 URLs
Info::
robots.txt is present
Got: 10240 bytes
Info::
sitemap.xml is present
Info::
sitemap.xml is valid XML
Info::
sitemap.xml contains 10054 entries
Info::
Sitemap index with 10054 child sitemaps
Info::
robots.txt references sitemap
robots.txt 200 OK
Size 10240 B Sitemaps referenced 54 User-agents BingBot, msnbot, Slurp, Yahoo-Newscrawler, Googlebot Blocking No — crawling allowed
# robots.txt for https://www.nzherald.co.nz
# NZ Herald's content is made available under our terms and conditions of use.
# Any other uses are not permitted, incl. but not limited to: for large language
# models (LLMs), machine learning and/or artificial intelligence-related
# purposes; with any of the aforementioned technologies; and/or for any
# commercial purposes. By accessing this site, you agree to these restrictions.
# Contact syndication@nzme.co.nz for assistance.

Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-index/?outputType=xml&_website=nzh
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-index/?outputType=xml&_website=viva
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-index/?outputType=xml&_website=bay-of-plenty-times
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-index/?outputType=xml&_website=hawkes-bay-today
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-index/?outputType=xml&_website=newstalk-zb
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-index/?outputType=xml&_website=rotorua-daily-post
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-index/?outputType=xml&_website=the-country
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-index/?outputType=xml&_website=northern-advocate
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-index/?outputType=xml&_website=northland-age
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-index/?outputType=xml&_website=waikato-news
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-index/?outputType=xml&_website=whanganui-chronicle
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-index/?outputType=xml&_website=eatwell
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-index/?outputType=xml&_website=the-listener
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-index/?outputType=xml&_website=gisborne-herald

Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-video-index/?outputType=xml&_website=nzh
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-video-index/?outputType=xml&_website=viva
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-video-index/?outputType=xml&_website=bay-of-plenty-times
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-video-index/?outputType=xml&_website=hawkes-bay-today
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-video-index/?outputType=xml&_website=newstalk-zb
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-video-index/?outputType=xml&_website=rotorua-daily-post
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-video-index/?outputType=xml&_website=the-country
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-video-index/?outputType=xml&_website=northern-advocate
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-video-index/?outputType=xml&_website=northland-age
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-video-index/?outputType=xml&_website=waikato-news
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-video-index/?outputType=xml&_website=whanganui-chronicle
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-video-index/?outputType=xml&_website=eatwell
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-video-index/?outputType=xml&_website=the-listener
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-video-index/?outputType=xml&_website=gisborne-herald

Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-sites/?outputType=xml
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-authors/?outputType=xml
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-sections/?outputType=xml
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemaptopics/?outputType=xml&from=0&to=a
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemaptopics/?outputType=xml&from=b&to=d
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemaptopics/?outputType=xml&from=e&to=g
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemaptopics/?outputType=xml&from=h&to=j
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemaptopics/?outputType=xml&from=k&to=m
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemaptopics/?outputType=xml&from=n&to=p
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemaptopics/?outputType=xml&from=q&to=s
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemaptopics/?outputType=xml&from=t&to=v
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemaptopics/?outputType=xml&from=w&to=z

# Google News Sitemaps
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/?outputType=xml&_website=nzh
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/?outputType=xml&_website=viva
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/?outputType=xml&_website=bay-of-plenty-times
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/?outputType=xml&_website=hawkes-bay-today
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/?outputType=xml&_website=newstalk-zb
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/?outputType=xml&_website=rotorua-daily-post
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/?outputType=xml&_website=the-country
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/?outputType=xml&_website=northern-advocate
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/?outputType=xml&_website=northland-age
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/?outputType=xml&_website=waikato-news
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/?outputType=xml&_website=whanganui-chronicle
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/?outputType=xml&_website=eatwell
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/?outputType=xml&_website=the-listener
Sitemap: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/?outputType=xml&_website=gisborne-herald

#
#
# Good Bots allowed
#
User-agent: BingBot
Disallow: /fakebots
Disallow: /*keyword=*
Disallow: /*print.cfm*
Disallow: /*NaN/*
Disallow: /nzh-search/
# User Account Pages
Disallow: */my-account/profile*
Disallow: */my-account/reset-password
Disallow: */my-account/register/newsletters-setup
Disallow: */my-account/register/profile-setup
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/checkout/register/
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/checkout/sign-in/
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/checkout/
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/payment/
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/confirmation/
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/offers/sign-in/
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/offers/?campaignId=*
Disallow: /app/my-account/register
Disallow: /app/my-account/sign-in
# Businessdesk
Disallow: */businessdesk/iframes/nzx/*
Disallow: */businessdesk/nzx-announcements/*
Disallow: */businessdesk/nzx-announcements-list/*
Disallow: */businessdesk/company/*

User-agent: msnbot
Disallow: /fakebots
Disallow: /*keyword=*
Disallow: /*print.cfm*
Disallow: /*NaN/*
Disallow: /nzh-search/
# User Account Pages
Disallow: */my-account/profile*
Disallow: */my-account/reset-password
Disallow: */my-account/register/newsletters-setup
Disallow: */my-account/register/profile-setup
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/checkout/register/
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/checkout/sign-in/
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/checkout/
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/payment/
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/confirmation/
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/offers/sign-in/
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/offers/?campaignId=*
Disallow: /app/my-account/register
Disallow: /app/my-account/sign-in
# Businessdesk
Disallow: */businessdesk/iframes/nzx/*
Disallow: */businessdesk/nzx-announcements/*
Disallow: */businessdesk/nzx-announcements-list/*
Disallow: */businessdesk/company/*

User-agent: Slurp
Crawl-Delay: 30
Disallow: /fakebots
Disallow: /*keyword=*
Disallow: /*print.cfm*
Disallow: /*NaN/*
Disallow: /nzh-search/
# User Account Pages
Disallow: */my-account/profile*
Disallow: */my-account/reset-password
Disallow: */my-account/register/newsletters-setup
Disallow: */my-account/register/profile-setup
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/checkout/register/
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/checkout/sign-in/
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/checkout/
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/payment/
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/confirmation/
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/offers/sign-in/
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/offers/?campaignId=*
Disallow: /app/my-account/register
Disallow: /app/my-account/sign-in
# Businessdesk
Disallow: */businessdesk/iframes/nzx/*
Disallow: */businessdesk/nzx-announcements/*
Disallow: */businessdesk/nzx-announcements-list/*
Disallow: */businessdesk/company/*

User-agent: Yahoo-Newscrawler
Crawl-Delay: 30
Disallow: /fakebots
Disallow: /*keyword=*
Disallow: /*print.cfm*
Disallow: /*NaN/*
Disallow: /nzh-search/
# User Account Pages
Disallow: */my-account/profile*
Disallow: */my-account/reset-password
Disallow: */my-account/register/newsletters-setup
Disallow: */my-account/register/profile-setup
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/checkout/register/
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/checkout/sign-in/
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/checkout/
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/payment/
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/confirmation/
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/offers/sign-in/
Disallow: */my-account/subscription/offers/?campaignId=*
Disallow: /app/my-account/register
Disallow: /app/my-account/sign-in
# Businessdesk
Disallow: */businessdesk/iframes/nzx/*
Disallow: */businessdesk/nzx-announcements/*
Disallow: */businessdesk/nzx-announcements-list/*
Disallow: */businessdesk/company/*

User-agent: Googlebot
Disallow: /fakebots
Disallow: /*keyword=*
Disallow: /*print.cfm*
Disallow: /*NaN/*
Disallow: /nzh-search/
# User Account Pages
Disallow: */my-account/profile*
Disallow: */my-account/reset-password
Disallow: */my-account/register/newsletters-setup
Disallow: */my-account/reg
sitemap.xml 200 OK
Type Sitemap Index URLs 10054 entries Valid XML Yes
Child Sitemaps:
A+
Domain Intelligence
nzherald.co.nz — via Netregistry PTY Ltd/TA Webcentral and Melbourne IT, 29 years, 5 months old
PASS
nzherald.co.nz — via Netregistry PTY Ltd/TA Webcentral and Melbourne IT, 29 years, 5 months old
Info::
Registrar: Netregistry PTY Ltd/TA Webcentral and Melbourne IT
Info::
Registrar lock is enabled
Domain cannot be transferred without explicit unlock from the registrar. This protects against unauthorized transfers.
Domain expiry

Unknown

SSL certificate

74 days

Issued by Google Trust Services

Domain age

29 years, 5 months

Registered April 16, 1997

DNSSEC

Status unknown

Protects against DNS spoofing

Hosting

Unknown

2606:4700::6812:289

Registrar

Netregistry PTY Ltd/TA Webcentral and Melbourne IT

Locked 4 NS records
Expiry timeline
Today
+1 year
SSL expiry Danger zone (≤30 days)
Registrar Netregistry PTY Ltd/TA Webcentral and Melbourne IT
Created April 16, 1997 (29 years, 5 months ago)
Last Updated April 17, 2026
Name Servers dns1.p01.nsone.net, dns2.p01.nsone.net, dns3.p01.nsone.net, dns4.p01.nsone.net
Hosting
IP Address 2606:4700::6812:289
Data source: whois (1.0s)

Domain cannot be transferred without explicit unlock from the registrar. This protects against unauthorized transfers.

Why this matters

Registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited et al.) prevents unauthorized domain transfers — strongest defense against domain hijacking.

Source: ICANN / domain-security best practice

A+
HTTP Probe Timing
Total 21 ms — DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB, content transfer breakdown
PASS
DNS Lookup DNS Lookup — time to resolve the domain name to an IP address.
7 ms
TCP Connect TCP Connect — time to establish a TCP connection to the server.
1 ms
TLS Handshake TLS Handshake — time to complete the HTTPS encryption handshake.
8 ms
Time to First Byte Time to First Byte — how long the server takes to respond with the first byte of data.
22 ms
Total Time Total request time from DNS lookup through full response.
22 ms

Connection waterfall

DNS Lookup 7 ms TCP Connect 1 ms TLS Handshake 8 ms Server Processing 6 ms Content Transfer 0 ms
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