The New Zealand Domain Registrar will be increasing their .NZ domain pricing, as well as the price of some other international domain extensions from the 20th January 2026. We recommend clients renew their domains before then if they want to avoid the price increases. Most domain you can renew up to 10 years in advance. These price increases are beyond our control and are being increased on the wholesale level by the New Zealand Registrar directly to cover cost increases and improvements in infrastructure. We have no option but to pass these price increases onto the client. Please note that unlike many NZ domain name providers, we are 100% based in New Zealand and have been selling domain names since 2001, which is over 25 years. We are one of New Zealand's longest established Domain Name providers.   If you have autorenewals setup, your domain name will auto renew at the new higher prices.  You can also renew your domain for up to 10 years in advance at this lower price ...

We are aware of fake domain-renewal emails being sent to domain name registrants in New Zealand by third parties pretending to manage their domains. These emails are a scam. Please ignore and delete them, and do not open any attachments. To check your genuine renewal date or manage your domain at any time, you can log in to the NZ Domain Manager at  www.domainmanager.co.nz

We are aware of a global outage with Cloudflare with is affecting the internet all over the world. It is affecting the loading of websites and email etc. More information and updates can be found at  https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/

The New Zealand Domain Name Commissioner's Office has announced a 22% increase in the wholesale price of domain names that end in the  .nz extension .  We anticipate that our domain registrar, Dreamscape Networks, will pass this price increase on to all registrants in the near future.

Domain registrar Dreamscape Networks has increased the price of most of their domain name registrations and renewals for the beginning of 2025. The new prices are reflected in the NZ Domain Manager at www.domainmanager.co.nz . All future domain renewals will be at the current prices as displayed in the Domain Manager. 

We have moved from a maximum billing cycle of 12 months, to a maximum 6 month billing cycle.  If you were previously billed for 12 months in advance, your next invoice will be for 6 months.  We are making this change due to a number of factors. This includes regular pricing hikes by our upstream providers and the weak New Zealand dollar. So we need to be able to adjust our pricing more regularly to take account of these things. 

Our upstream providers have released a new updated version of the NZ Domain Manager. This loads from our new NZ Domain Manager website at  www.domainmanager.co.nz . It is essentially a new more modern interface on top of the existing domain management system.  Please note that any previous emails you have received that contain renewal links will no longer contain valid links, so they won't work. So you will need to go to the new website at  www.domainmanager.co.nz  and log into your 'Account Manager' to renew or register any domains.  

Date: September 4, 2024 - October 5, 2024  Time: Rolling  Scope of Work: Our upstream providers are going to be rebooting various systems throughout the month due to them being up for over 180 days. They do this to ensure they don't FSCK (file system check) if there is a sudden reboot. Downtime is usually 5-10 minutes while the systems reboot but maybe longer if any issues are encountered. If you notice some downtime then this will likely be the reason. 

We will not be receiving email via our old @loungenetwork.net email accounts from now on. Instead we are now solely using our @loungenetwork.co.nz email addresses for all correspondence.  We haven't used email addresses using @loungenetwork.net for several years as we have been phasing it out.   All emails that clients send us need to be sent to our @loungenetwork.co.nz email addresses from now on.  Therefore please do not send us any emails to email addresses that end in  @loungenetwork.net as we wont receive them. 

Our upstream providers are upgrading their database infrastructure to MySQL 8, the latest version of one of the world's most popular and reliable database management systems. This upgrade will bring numerous enhancements and features that will greatly benefit our clients and their applications. Let's highlight some key advantages and exciting features: Enhanced Performance: MySQL 8 is packed with performance improvements, including multi-threaded reads, an optimized cost model, and new indexes. These enhancements will result in faster query executions and improved response times, delivering a more efficient user experience. JSON Support: With MySQL 8, we are bringing JSON support to our database environment. This means you can now store, manipulate, and query JSON data directly within your database, allowing for greater flexibility and ease of handling complex data structures. Window Functions: MySQL 8 introduces window functions, empowering you to perform complex analytical qu...