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Wednesday 13 September 2017

Supporting wifi to our homes

Manaiakalani has had supportive partnerships with Vector and Auckland Transport in our pursuit of providing wifi free to our learners in their homes

Every so often a project comes along that gives everyone a good feeling. Auckland Transport, with help from Vector, has funded the installation of twenty specially designed street light columns in the Glen Innes area to connect local schools to a Wi Fi network. The aim of the project is to help the Manaiakalani Trust to give local children access to high speed internet via Wi Fi. Whilst internet is readily available in the homes of most New Zealanders the affordability of internet and broadband still puts it out of reach in lower decile areas like Glen Innes.

This article describes more about how the wifi to homes project was implemented.