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Rural Connectivity Upgrade (RCU)

Improving broadband options in rural areas in conjunction with Crown Infrastructure Partners.

Overview

We announced late 2022 and early 2023 that we had been awarded funding under the Government’s Rural Connectivity Upgrade (RCU) programme.

This funding will upgrade the broadband service of 73 rural cabinets to VDSL high speed copper broadband. The upgrade will benefit the customers served by these cabinets. Work is underway with completion due by early 2025.

In addition to all sites becoming VDSL capable, 23 will also have GPON capability, providing fibre to the home for premises passed by the fibre network on the way to the cabinet. 

Timeline and approach

The below table outlines when the locations in the programme should be ready for service. Please note the dates are indicative and may be subject to change.

Cabinet NameDistrict Product Type Ready for Service
AH/GPalmerston North CopperCompleted
ALY/DXAuckland Region CopperCompleted
ALY/DYAuckland Region CopperCompleted
BM/CKMarlborough District CopperCompleted
FibreCompleted
BV/AJHawkes’s Bay Region Copper30/10/2024
CLV/SThames-Coromandel District CopperCompleted
FibreCompleted
FG/AQManawatu-Wanganui Region CopperCompleted
GG/MSouthland Region Copper30/09/2024
HL/ACAuckland Region Copper30/10/2024
HR/ZAuckland Region Copper30/09/2024
HR/AAAuckland Region Copper30/09/2024
Fibre30/09/2024
HVN/HHawkes’s Bay Region CopperCompleted
ID/GTaranaki Region Copper30/09/2024
JFK/AJPalmerston North City CopperCompleted
KAO/AFar North District CopperCompleted
KC/BGFar North District CopperCompleted
KEN/HSouthland Region CopperCompleted
KEN/JSouthland Region Copper30/09/2024
KGR/HPalmerston North City CopperCompleted
KHA/RRotorua District CopperCompleted
KHA/WRotorua District CopperCompleted
KME/AHAuckland CopperCompleted
KPA/AMAuckland Region Copper30/09/2024
KTA/FFar North District CopperCompleted
Fibre30/09/2024
KTA/LFar North District CopperCompleted
KV/ABFar North District CopperCompleted
KWK/RKaipara District CopperCompleted
Fibre30/09/2024
LTN/HPalmerston North City CopperCompleted
LVN/BIHorowhenua District CopperCompleted
Fibre30/09/2024
LVN/CQHorowhenua District CopperCompleted
LVN/CRHorowhenua District CopperCompleted
MAU/ABKaipara District CopperCompleted
MGI/ACFar North District Copper30/08/2024
MID/GTaranaki Region Copper30/09/2024
MKW/CSouthland Region Copper30/09/2024
ML/WManawatu-Wanganui Region CopperCompleted
Fibre30/09/2024
MNK/EHorowhenua District CopperCompleted
FibreCompleted
MTK/AKAuckland Region Copper30/09/2024
MWI/QKaipara District CopperCompleted
Fibre30/08/2024
OAH/GFar North District CopperCompleted
OF/NRotorua District CopperCompleted
OKI/GTaranaki Region Copper30/09/2024
OKN/CManawatu-Wanganui Region Copper30/10/2024
Fibre30/10/2024
OPA/TThames-Coromandel District CopperCompleted
FibreCompleted
ORH/WWhangarei District Copper30/01/2025
Fibre30/01/2025
PIA/BAuckland Region Copper30/01/2025
Fibre30/01/2025
PIA/EAuckland Region Copper30/09/2024
PUK/CJAuckland Region Copper30/08/2024
Fibre30/09/2024
ROI/ABay of Plenty Region CopperCompleted
RUK/ABWhangarei District CopperCompleted
Fibre30/09/2024
SHN/BHorowhenua District CopperCompleted
SKH/PAuckland Region Copper30/09/2024
TAK/AHTasman Region CopperCompleted
Fibre30/08/2024
TAK/AJTasman Region CopperCompleted
Fibre30/08/2024
TAK/ATTasman Region CopperCompleted
FibreCompleted
TAK/AUTasman Region CopperCompleted
TBY/ABAuckland Region CopperCompleted
Fibre30/09/2024
TDL/BHHawkes’s Bay Region CopperCompleted
TDL/AVHawkes’s Bay Region Copper30/10/2024
Fibre30/10/2024
TGI/ABWaikato Region CopperCompleted
TPO/CRWaikato Region CopperCompleted
TUA/BManawatu-Wanganui Region Copper30/09/2024
TUA/CManawatu-Wanganui Region Copper30/10/2024
Fibre30/09/2024
WAK/DAuckland Region CopperCompleted
WAK/HAuckland Region CopperCompleted
WHD/HAuckland Region CopperCompleted
WHI/ABOpotiki District CopperCompleted
Fibre30/09/2024
WKU/CAuckland Region CopperCompleted
WP/DWest Coast Region Copper30/08/2024
Fibre30/09/2024
WRH/BWhangarei District CopperCompleted
WT/ETaranaki Region Copper30/09/2024
WY/01Hawkes’s Bay Region Copper30/09/2024

 

What's next

The above table will be updated on a regular basis as the programme progresses.  

If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact your account team. 

Keep up to date with the Rural Connectivity Upgrade (RCU) programme

Project team

Paul Dobinson

Project Lead

Duncan Hamilton

Infrastructure Programme Manager

Akash Nellore

Account Manager