For .nz domains, once a name has expired and then is renewed by the registrar, the .nz Registry updates the domain status on the hour, every hour. This means the domain will become active again at the next hourly cycle after the renewal has been processed. If you have just renewed your domain name the .nz registry will reactivate it on the next hour and all services will resume. It also depends on how long the domain has been expired. If the domain has been expired for over a couple of days, then yes it will take a little longer for services to resume. If it has just expired, then the services will come back on line quicker.

So, if you renew an expired .nz name at (say) 10:15am, it should be reactivated by around 11:00am, when the registry’s next automated update occurs.

For gTLD domains, (such as .com, .org etc) behave differently to .nz domains.

For gTLDs:

• When a domain is renewed (either before or after expiry), the reactivation at the registry is generally immediate.
• You don’t have to wait for an hourly cycle — as soon as the renewal command from the registrar is accepted by the registry, the domain’s status updates and DNS reactivation follows.
• That said, the time it appears “live” again on the internet can vary, because:
  • The DNS may take time to propagate.
  • Some registrars add a short internal processing delay before submitting the renewal to the registry.

So unlike .nz, which only reactivates expired domains on the hour, gTLDs are effectively real-time once renewed.

Example: If you renew an expired .com domain at 10:15am, it should normally be back online within a few minutes (sometimes up to an hour or two if DNS or registrar systems processing requires adds more time ).