Rebecca Hogan

The Country·

27 Oct, 2026 09:24 PM3 mins to read

Manawatū district councillor Alison Short says "rural mobile coverage has gone backwards" since 3G was shut down completely in March. Photo / Manawatū Standard, Adele Rycroft

A Manawatū councillor says “rural mobile coverage has gone backwards”, as a new report finds about two in three farmers can’t reliably call 111 on their farms.

Since the shutdown of 3G mobile networks earlier this year, around 50% of farms had mobile coverage on less than half of

Source: New Zealand Herald · Rebecca Hogan

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