Fault shuts down 14 Government websites

Fourteen Government websites are out of action for at least two days. File photo / Thinkstock

Fourteen Government websites, including those of the Companies Office and Consumer Affairs, will be down until at least midday on Wednesday due to a fault with the Ministry of Economic Development's (MED) servers.

The outage occurred on Saturday during preparation work to upgrade the servers which host the websites, the MED said.

The MED "apologised unreservedly" for the inconvenience.

The affected websites are:

business.govt

Companies Office

Consumer Affairs

Financial Service Providers Register (FSPR)

G2B

Government Procurement Solutions

Insolvency and Trustee Service

Intellectual Property Office (IPONZ)

Motor Vehicle Traders Register

New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals

Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR)

Radio Spectrum Management

Societies and Trusts

VolunteerNet

Apnz mt gf