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SIM cards, eSIM and internet in New Zealand
215 MbpsMedian fixed download
Internet and SIM cards in New Zealand
Median fixed broadband is 215 Mbps and mobile 145 Mbps (Speedtest Global Index, 2026-08). Prepaid SIMs and eSIMs from One NZ, Spark and 2degrees at airports and supermarkets, about NZ$30–60 for a month. Coverage gaps on mountain roads.
Mobile carriers
Key facts
- Tourist SIM: Prepaid SIMs and eSIMs from One NZ, Spark and 2degrees at airports and supermarkets, about NZ$30–60 for a month. Coverage gaps on mountain roads.
- eSIM: local carriers sell eSIMs to visitors.
Internet & coworking by place
- AucklandInternet & coworking
- QueenstownInternet & coworking
- WellingtonInternet & coworking
- ChristchurchInternet & coworking
- RotoruaInternet & coworking
- WanakaInternet & coworking
- TaupoInternet & coworking
- Bay of IslandsInternet & coworking
- Milford SoundInternet & coworking
- Lake TekapoInternet & coworking
- CoromandelInternet & coworking
- TaurangaInternet & coworking
- DunedinInternet & coworking
- NelsonInternet & coworking
- Waiheke IslandInternet & coworking
- KaikouraInternet & coworking
Sources
- Speedtest Global Index: New Zealand
- US State Department travel advisory
- NZeTA, Immigration New Zealand
- New Zealand Traveller Declaration
- Department of Conservation
- ACC
- World Bank open data
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