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About half of New Zealand homes and businesses have connected to faster, more reliable broadband across the 121 centres where ultra-fast broadband (UFB) is available, says Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Minister Kris Faafoi.

  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media

The first allocation of 5G spectrum will be the 3.5 GHz band, with national rights to this portion of the spectrum expected to be auctioned early in 2020, Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Hon Kris Faafoi announced today.

  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media

Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Minister Kris Faafoi and Disability Issues Minister Carmel Sepuloni have started a public consultation on proposals to modernise telecommunications services for people who are deaf, deafblind or have hearing or speech impairments.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media
  • Disability Issues

Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones and Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Minister Kris Faafoi have today announced significant additional rural broadband and mobile coverage across New Zealand, taking coverage to 99.8% of the population.

  • Hon Shane Jones
  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media
  • Regional Economic Development

Nearly 1.4 million New Zealand households and businesses can now connect to some of the best broadband technology available, with more than 60,000 new connections in the last quarter, says Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Minister Kris Faafoi.

  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media

Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Minister Kris Faafoi says a new diploma will help address the shortage of cyber security professionals.

  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media

111 calls made from all mobile phones in New Zealand will soon have their locations verified, enabling a faster response in an emergency.

  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media

The Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) will invest $40 million to improve digital connectivity in the regions, Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones and Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Minister Kris Faafoi has announced today.

  • Hon Shane Jones
  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media
  • Regional Economic Development

The Ministerial Advisory Group on Public Media’s terms of reference have been updated and two new appointments made, the Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Hon Kris Faafoi announced today.

  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media

A Supplementary Order Paper introduced to Parliament by Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Minister Kris Faafoi will ensure vulnerable people can call 111 in an emergency using a supplied mobile phone or battery back-up.

  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media

Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Minister Kris Faafoi says the new reduced price cap for Chorus’ most commonly purchased wholesale fibre product protects New Zealanders from future price shocks, while providing a fair price for the telecommunications infrastructure company and certainty for retail service providers.

  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media

Minister for Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Hon Kris Faafoi is encouraging everyone to take a few easy steps to protect themselves online this Cyber Smart Week.

  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media

Wellingtonian Judge Bill Hastings has been appointed as member and chair of the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA), the Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Hon Kris Faafoi announced today. Lawyer Susie Staley of Dunedin also joins the board.

  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media

Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Minister Hon Kris Faafoi has welcomed a new milestone for the Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) programme, which has reached 44 per cent uptake – far above initial expectations.

  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media

Thank you for inviting me here tonight to speak to your group on this very important topic of diversity in the game development sector.

  • Hon Clare Curran
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media

Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Minister Clare Curran welcomes the results of an independent survey released today that shows New Zealand’s game development industry earned a record $143 million in the last financial year.

  • Hon Clare Curran
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media

Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Minister Clare Curran has welcomed the commercial launch of the new trans-Pacific Hawaiki cable that improves and enhances New Zealand’s international connectivity.

  • Hon Clare Curran
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media

​​​​​​​Public Media Funding Allocation. Kia ora koutou, good afternoon.

  • Hon Clare Curran
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media

Broadcasting Minister Clare Curran has revealed a new $6 million Innovation Fund to drive more public media content for under-served audiences such as Maori and Pacific Peoples, children and regional New Zealand.

  • Hon Clare Curran
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media

Tēnā koutou katoa. Good morning everyone.

I want to kick this conference off with a commitment from this government to the tech sector in New Zealand.

  • Hon Clare Curran
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media

Kia ora koutou, good evening everyone, and thank you to Creative HQ for the invitation to be here and help celebrate the launch of your accelerator programme.

  • Hon Clare Curran
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media
  • Government Digital Services

Cantabrian Paula Rose QSO has been reappointed to the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) for a second term.

  • Hon Clare Curran
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media

The government will extend the timeframe of the Cyber Security Strategy refresh and do a deeper dive into the issues, to inform the new action plan.

  • Hon Clare Curran
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media
  • Government Digital Services

I’m here today to engage and explore ideas about how we can work together towards a digitally connected, technology-enabled future for every Kiwi.

  • Hon Clare Curran
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media
  • Government Digital Services