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Telephone and internet access in the home

Definition: The proportion of the population with telephone and internet access in the home.

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Percentage of the population with telephone and internet access in the home

Region Telephone access Internet access
2001 2006 2001 2006
1 Northland 93.3 96.7 32.2 56.3
2 Auckland 96.1 98.1 49.0 69.2
3 Waikato 95.3 97.7 38.3 63.2
4 Bay of Plenty 94.6 97.2 36.7 61.3
5 Gisborne 91.2 95.8 28.8 51.6
6 Hawke’s Bay 95.2 97.4 36.2 60.8
7 Taranaki 96.3 98.2 38.2 62.3
8 Manawatu-Whanganui 96.0 97.8 37.8 61.5
9 Wellington 97.4 98.6 50.2 71.4
10 Tasman 97.0 98.5 38.0 67.5
11 Nelson 97.6 98.7 42.0 67.3
12 Marlborough 97.6 98.8 38.7 65.3
13 West Coast 94.9 97.0 30.9 58.4
14 Canterbury 98.0 98.9 43.5 69.4
15 Otago 98.0 98.9 41.9 68.3
16 Southland 97.1 98.7 34.5 61.9
New Zealand 96.3 98.1 42.9 66.4

Source: Statistics New Zealand.

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