Category: Welcome

Land Information NZ now on the REANNZ Network

Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) is connected to our network. 

LINZ is responsible for land titles, geodetic and cadastral survey systems, topographic information, hydrographic information and the management of Crown property. This new connectivity to the REANNZ Network allows REANNZ members access to LINZ’s charts, hydrographic services, maps and topographic services (the LINZ Data Service will be available later in the year).

For the REANNZ members who consume this wealth of data, this means no more shipping hard disks or USB sticks around the country, or the world. To make use of this connectivity, you do not have to do anything “special”, just go about your “usual” business activities, and enjoy the increased speeds this new connectivity allows.

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Welcome to KAREN

There has been a lot of activity in the last six months with schools joining KAREN.  You can find the full list of KAREN Members here.

The National Education Network trial extension connected up two loops this year; the Mid Canterbury Loop with 23 schools and re-connected the Nelson Marlborough Loop’s 28 schools.

School clusters are also able to join KAREN independently. There are another 10 schools in the Nelson Marlborough Loop that connected. There are also two Christchurch schools from the GCSN that connected. Added to that are some individual schools around the country, Diocesan School for Girls, New Plymouth Boys’ High School and Scots College.

School clusters interested in joining KAREN can find information here.

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Diocesan School for Girls Welcomed to KAREN

New KAREN member school

More great news today. Diocesan School For Girls in Epsom is now connected to KAREN, enabling them access to the global research and education community, as well as to resources and content including those services that are part of the NEN trial.

Schools joining KAREN

Schools that are not part of the NEN trial, can connect to KAREN in one of two ways. See our information about how to join KAREN to find out more.

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A further 23 schools connect to KAREN

Another 23 Greater Christchurch Schools Network schools connect to KAREN.

Connection of Christchurch NEN trial extension schools completed

This week we celebrated the connection of an additional 23 Greater Christchurch Schools Network (GCSN) schools to the National Education Network Trial Extension. This brings the number of GCSN National Education Network Trial Extension schools on KAREN to 30, and completes this component of the project.

We welcomed the first seven Christchurch NEN extension schools back in October: Seven schools welcomed to KAREN (18 October 2010)

More information

KAREN member list
NEN trial extension

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Seven Schools Welcomed to KAREN

We’re really pleased to welcome seven schools from the Christchurch area to the KAREN community.

Welcome to KAREN…

  • Christchurch Boys’ High School
  • Fendalton Open Air School
  • Mairehau High School
  • Papanui High School
  • Riccarton High School
  • Shirley Boys’ High School
  • Villa Maria College

These schools are the 1st seven schools from the 30 GCSN (Greater Christchurch Schools Network) schools that will connect to KAREN by the end of the year. They join Christ’s College that has been a KAREN member since the original NEN trial and Rangi Rangi Ruru Girls’ College that has been an independent member of KAREN since earlier this year.

Greater Christchurch Schools Network

The Greater Christchurch Schools Network (GCSN) is a community of educators, learners and service providers in Christchurch. GCSN’s aim is to create a community of connected schools, teaching professionals and educational resources in the greater Christchurch region utilising the high-speed fibre optic infrastructure being installed by Enable Networks.

The development of GCSN began in 2006, and is supported by Canterbury Development Corporation, Enable Networks and CORE Education.

Greater Christchurch Schools Network (http://www.gcsn.school.nz)

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Polytechnics join KAREN

We’re excited to announce that seven Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) will join the KAREN community in the next few months. This follows the conclusion of our procurement process for hardware and connectivity services for the ITPs.

Media release: Polytechnics join KAREN

Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand Ltd (REANNZ) selects hardware and connectivity providers to connect seven additional Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics to the Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network (KAREN).

Seven Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) will join the KAREN community in the next few months. The seven new ITPs to join KAREN are:

  • Bay of Plenty Polytechnic
  • Eastern Institute of Technology
  • Southern Institute of Technology
  • Taira-whiti Polytechnic
  • Universal College of Learning
  • Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki
  • Whitireia Community Polytechnic

Connectivity services for six of the ITPs have been won by Gen-i that is providing cost-effective 1 Gb/s connections from the ITP back to the KAREN core. The connectivity contracts are for 55-months.

KAREN connectivity for Bay of Plenty Polytechnic will be via investment in a 20-year term dark fibre link between Rotorua and Tauranga, provided by FX Networks. This will be the first REANNZ-lit dark fibre spur on KAREN.

“The strategic investment by these ITPs to join the KAREN community has enabled us to extend KAREN’s footprint across the country, so that we can reach more of New Zealand. KAREN connectivity will also help the ITPs drive cost-efficiencies through course co-delivery and shared services,” says Donald Clark, REANNZ CEO.

In addition, REANNZ has placed an initial order for 14 Juniper MX-80s to be supplied by NEC. This new router will provide the ability for smaller organisations to connect more easily and more cheaply to KAREN. This router was chosen for its scalability and functionality.

“It is an important underscoring of REANNZ’s role as a neutral procurement specialist that through this tender we have broadened our supplier base for KAREN,” said Donald.

Don Campbell, Chief Executive of Whitireia Community Polytechnic says “our applied degree and post graduate students will benefit from the research network supported by KAREN. It will increase the speed and ease of access to new developments in applied industry practices.”

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