Digital New Zealand

See how digital innovations are making New Zealand a better place to live and work.

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Mobiles and Business on the go

Ultra-fast broadband aims to connect New Zealand with the world at twice the current speeds. Fibre optic cable creates a more reliable network, helping expand New Zealand’s business potential. With video conferencing our ideas and innovations can be shared with businesses anywhere in the world in seconds – geographical barriers are a thing of the past. This is just one of the many ways New Zealand’s expertise will reach a wider international audience via digital technology.

Read more at the MED website

Networking the medical community

Patient care is going to be better, sooner and more convenient with secure, high-speed internet access. Fibre-based broadband will improve our health care system by allowing essential information to be shared easily. Specialists will be able to diagnose patients remotely using high-resolution digital images, and hold consultations with patients in their own home via video. By 2014, all New Zealanders will be able to access their personal health information anytime, anywhere.

Read more at the Ministry of Health website

Education

With access to digital technology, every young New Zealander can create, collaborate and share with anyone, anywhere, at any time. Imagine going on a virtual field trip to Antarctica or to the Amazon rainforest to view climate change first hand. Would you like to compose music in real time with other students from around the world? How about a biology lesson on the Colossal Squid at Te Papa? The possibilities are endless when the world (and the universe) is your classroom.

Read more at the Ministry of Education website

Rural life and agribusiness

4G networks will change life on the farm for the better, playing a significant role in extending broadband to rural areas. With the ability to transfer large amounts of data wirelessly, a 4G handheld device will be all you need to keep working outdoors while staying tuned into international financial markets.

Read more at the MED website

Digital TV at home

Digital TV will mean you’ll be enjoying crystal clear pictures at home, better sound quality and more channels to choose from. Digital TV also offers electronic program guides, which will give you an on-screen menu showing current and upcoming programming. In the future digital TV creates the possibility of watching 3D films in your living room!

Visit the GoingDigital website

Researching our culture and heritage

With digitisation and fast broadband you won’t need to visit an archive and put on special gloves to look at an artefact; whether it’s an historic film, song, artwork or book, digital archives can deliver it electronically direct to you. By providing access to digital copies of New Zealand material we are ensuring our culture and history will be available for future generations.

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