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Northland Broadband and Digital Infrastructure
Crown Infrastructure Partners / UFB · Northland
Extension of Ultra-Fast Broadband and Rural Broadband Initiative to remaining Northland communities. Includes fixed wireless and fibre to under-served areas. Crown Infrastructure Partners funded programme.
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94/100 · Very likely to proceed
Completion Probability — likelihood this proceeds on roughly its stated timeline.
Funding statusweight 30%
Delivery stageweight 25%
Election / policy riskweight 20%
Govt priority alignmentweight 12%
Project scaleweight 8%
Delivery agencyweight 5%
Key facts
- Region
- Northland
- Sector
- Telecom
- Status
- Under Construction
- Estimated value
- $220m
- Indicative completion
- 2026
- Funding status
- Fully Funded
- Lead organisation
- Crown Infrastructure Partners / UFB
- Election risk
- Safe
Election risk assessment
Crown-funded rural broadband — bipartisan.
Government priority alignment
MEDIUM — Rural digital connectivity — a committed Crown UFB/RBI programme.
Chronology
- 2011Ultra-Fast Broadband programme announced — NZ-wide fibre rollout begins
- 2016Rural Broadband Initiative Phase 2 announced for harder-to-reach areas
- 2020Northland identified as priority region — significant connectivity gaps remain
- 2022Fixed wireless and targeted fibre construction underway across Northland rural areas
- 2026Target for UFB/RBI2 completion in Northland