Does nzherald.co.nz block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training and AI answers
nzherald.co.nz blocks both AI training crawlers and AI answer crawlers in its robots.txt.
Checked from nzherald.co.nz/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 12 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 13
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#3,272)
Can AI assistants cite nzherald.co.nz?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawler is blocked
- Claude: its search crawler is blocked
- Perplexity: its search crawler is blocked
nzherald.co.nz opts out of AI training by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Apple, Common Crawl, ByteDance, Meta. Training crawlers and answer crawlers are separate: blocking training doesn't by itself remove a site from AI answers.
AI crawler access, bot by bot
| Crawler | Used for | Status on nzherald.co.nz |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Blocked |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Blocked |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Blocked |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Blocked |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Blocked |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Blocked |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Blocked |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Blocked |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Blocked |
How nzherald.co.nz compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; nzherald.co.nz is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; nzherald.co.nz is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; nzherald.co.nz is one of them.
- Among 178 sites of similar popularity, 24% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Disallow: /fakebots Disallow: /*keyword=* Disallow: /*print.cfm* Disallow: /*NaN/* Disallow: /nzh-search/ 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 Disallow: */premium/* User-agent: anthropic-ai Allow: /sponsored-stories/* Disallow: /fakebots Disallow: /*keyword=* Disallow: /*print.cfm* Disallow: /*NaN/* Disallow: /nzh-search/ 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 Disallow: */premium/* Disallow: / User-agent: ClaudeBot User-agent: Claude-SearchBot User-agent: Claude-User User-agent: Claude-Web Allow: /sponsored-stories/* Disallow: /fakebots Disallow: /*keyword=* Disallow: /*print.cfm* Disallow: /*NaN/* Disallow: /nzh-search/ 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 Disallow: */premium/* Disallow: / User-agent: GPTBot User-agent: ChatGPT-User User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Allow: /sponsored-stories/* Disallow: /fakebots Disallow: /*keyword=* Disallow: /*print.cfm* Disallow: /*NaN/* Disallow: /nzh-search/ 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 Disallow: */premium/* Disallow: / User-agent: PerplexityBot User-agent: Perplexity-User Allow: /sponsored-stories/* Disallow: /fakebots Disallow: /*keyword=* Disallow: /*print.cfm* Disallow: /*NaN/* Disallow: /nzh-search/ 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 Disallow: */premium/* Disallow: / User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent User-agent: meta-externalagent User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher User-agent: meta-externalfetcher Allow: /sponsored-stories/* Disallow: /fakebots Disallow: /*keyword=* Disallow: /*print.cfm* Disallow: /*NaN/* Disallow: /nzh-search/ 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 Disallow: */premium/* Disallow: / User-agent: Google-Extended User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot Allow: /sponsored-stories/* Disallow: /fakebots Disallow: /*keyword=* Disallow: /*print.cfm* Disallow: /*NaN/* Disallow: /nzh-search/ 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 Disallow: */premium/* Disallow: / User-agent: Applebot-Extended Allow: /sponsored-stories/* Disallow: /fakebots Disallow: /*keyword=* Disallow: /*print.cfm* Disallow: /*NaN/* Disallow: /nzh-search/ 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 Disallow: */premium/* Disallow: / User-agent: Bytespider Allow: /sponsored-stories/* Disallow: /fakebots Disallow: /*keyword=* Disallow: /*print.cfm* Disallow: /*NaN/* Disallow: /nzh-search/ 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 Disallow: */premium/* Disallow: / User-agent: CCBot Allow: /sponsored-stories/* Disallow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
Sites with a similar AI policy
Does nzherald.co.nz block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, nzherald.co.nz's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from nzherald.co.nz?
Its robots.txt blocks a ChatGPT search crawler, so ChatGPT search is unlikely to read or cite those pages.
Does nzherald.co.nz have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at nzherald.co.nz/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: nzherald.co.nz's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.