DNS Records are the individual records held on the DNS Servers, that specify where different traffic for your domain name should be directed. For example, if you have a website your DNS Servers should hold ‘A’ Records for both www.yourname.co.nz and yourname.co.nz (without the www) that point to the IP Address of the web server where your website resides. If you have email service set up, you should also have DNS ‘MX’ Records, which point mail for your domain name to the server which handles your mail. There are several other types of DNS Records which are used, but the main ones are ‘A’ and ‘MX’ Records.