RNZ Nine to Noon on Starlink, rural broadband, and the local providers at risk of closure, with Federated Farmers. Plus context the segment didn’t cover.
Between October 2025 and March 2026, 28 OIA requests went to 18 government agencies asking what analysis had been done on rural broadband monopoly risk. Sixteen of twenty-one core questions returned “information does not exist.” Part 1 documents the analytical vacuum.