Infrastructure

· 9 checks — DNS, redirects, IPv6, crawlability, URL variants, and domain intelligence rolled into one auditable list.

SCORE

GRADE

FIX

REVIEW

PASS

INFO

Probed from Singapore, Singapore

302 Found

Checks

6 PASS 3 REVIEW

URL Variants

Action

www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS

REVIEW

www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS

Both www and non-www versions serve content

Got: Both variants return 200 Expected: One variant 301-redirects to the other

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)

TLS Certificate Expiry & Recommendations

74 days until leaf cert expires — 3 issues to address

REVIEW

Certificate validity

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

CDN & Delivery

Cloudflare

REVIEW

Cloudflare

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

Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)

Got: 104.18.3.137, 104.18.2.137

Has 2 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)

Got: 2606:4700::6812:289, 2606:4700::6812:389

4 nameserver(s) configured

Got: dns1.p01.nsone.net, dns2.p01.nsone.net, dns3.p01.nsone.net, dns4.p01.nsone.net

2 mail exchanger(s) configured

CAA records not checked

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

SPF record present in TXT

DNS resolution time: 6 ms

Got: 6 ms

A	104.18.3.137, 104.18.2.137
AAAA	2606:4700::6812:289, 2606:4700::6812:389
CNAME	—
NS	dns1.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
CAA	Lookup 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.

Redirect Chain

1 redirect(s), 87 ms total

PASS

1 redirect(s), 87 ms total

Single redirect

Got: https://nzherald.co.nz → https://www.nzherald.co.nz/ (302)

WWW normalization redirect

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

#	URL	Status	Time	Protocol	Server
1	https://nzherald.co.nz	302	17 ms	HTTP/1.1	cloudflare
2	https://www.nzherald.co.nz/	200	70 ms	HTTP/1.1	openresty

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)

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

robots.txt is present

Got: 10240 bytes

sitemap.xml is present

sitemap.xml is valid XML

sitemap.xml contains 10054 entries

Sitemap index with 10054 child sitemaps

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

Registrar: Netregistry PTY Ltd/TA Webcentral and Melbourne IT

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

7 ms

TCP Connect

1 ms

TLS Handshake

8 ms

Time to First Byte

22 ms

Total Time

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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