URL: Remote and provincial schools to get faster broadband
Hekia Parata | Communications and Information Technology
Work will begin to connect all of New Zealand’s remaining schools, including our most remote, to faster broadband, Education Minister Hekia Parata and Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams announced today. Ms Parata says 57 remote schools and 193 provincial schools are included in the latest Rural Broadband Initiative contracts. The remote schools, which includes schools in Haast, Stewart Island and Great Barrier Island, will receive faster broadband (10Mbps or more) using point to point wireless technology...
