Does rnz.co.nz block AI crawlers?
As of 2026-11-04, the robots.txt of rnz.co.nz blocks 14 of 18 AI crawlers, including GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, ClaudeBot.
AI crawler status of rnz.co.nz
Based on the live robots.txt of rnz.co.nz, checked on 2026-11-04. “Some paths restricted” means the bot may crawl the site but certain sections are excluded.
| User agent | Company | Purpose | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
GPTBot | OpenAI | Model training | Blocked |
OAI-SearchBot | OpenAI | ChatGPT search index | Blocked |
ChatGPT-User | OpenAI | Live browsing for ChatGPT users | Blocked |
ClaudeBot | Anthropic | Model training | Blocked |
Claude-SearchBot | Anthropic | Claude search index | Blocked |
Claude-User | Anthropic | Live browsing for Claude users | Allowed (some paths restricted) |
PerplexityBot | Perplexity | Perplexity search index | Blocked |
Perplexity-User | Perplexity | Live browsing for Perplexity users | Blocked |
Google-Extended | Gemini training & grounding | Blocked | |
Googlebot | Search and AI Overviews | Allowed (some paths restricted) | |
Bingbot | Microsoft | Bing search and Microsoft Copilot | Allowed |
Applebot-Extended | Apple | Apple Intelligence training | Blocked |
Meta-ExternalAgent | Meta | Meta AI training | Allowed (some paths restricted) |
Amazonbot | Amazon | Alexa and Amazon AI | Blocked |
DuckAssistBot | DuckDuckGo | DuckAssist answers | Blocked |
MistralAI-User | Mistral | Live browsing for Le Chat users | Blocked |
CCBot | Common Crawl | Open dataset used by many AI models | Blocked |
Bytespider | ByteDance | Model training | Blocked |
What this means
rnz.co.nz blocks both training and AI search crawlers. Its pages are unlikely to be read live by ChatGPT or Perplexity, so AI answers about its content usually rely on older training data or third-party sources instead of linking to rnz.co.nz.
Among the 381 news & media sites in our AI crawler report, 59% block GPTBot completely. rnz.co.nz is one of them.
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FAQ
Does rnz.co.nz block ChatGPT?
Yes. As of 2026-11-04, OAI-SearchBot is blocked and ChatGPT-User is blocked in the robots.txt of rnz.co.nz. GPTBot (OpenAI's training crawler) is blocked.
Can Perplexity access rnz.co.nz?
PerplexityBot is blocked and Perplexity-User is blocked on rnz.co.nz according to its robots.txt checked on 2026-11-04.
Does rnz.co.nz have an llms.txt file?
No, we did not find an llms.txt file on rnz.co.nz when we checked on 2026-11-04.
How is this data collected?
We fetch the public robots.txt file of each site and evaluate the rules for 18 AI user agents for the site root. robots.txt is a request, not a technical barrier, and sites may also block bots at the firewall level, which this check does not see.
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