Reasons to vote for Timaru: - Timaru is the only town left in the Gigatown competition to have a full UFB rollout to all its residents, the others arent even close, meaning when the gig prize is activated Timaru is ready to go! - Timarus whole community is right behind the drive to be the Gigatown; schools, DHB, polytechnic, councils, Chamber of Commerce & EDA are all behind their bid - Timarus economy mirrors NZs and so make it an ideal test bed for the gig form the benefit of the whole country - Timaru has the scale to undertake significant Gig programmes, but is agile enough such that these are able to be controlled and measured within a “test-site” context; - Timaru has a history of piloting national programmes, with successful outcomes - Timarus GDP growth has led NZ for the past 5 years, meaning it has the investment capacity to fully leverage this world leading technology - PrimePort Timaru with its sister Port in Tauranga can use gigabit internet to help New Zealands logistics become truly world class - Timaru is best at what New Zealand is best at, agri-business, food production and high-tech manufacturing, it will use the gig to help New Zealand remain world leading - Timaru would take this opportunity to establish itself as a Centre of Excellent for high-tech agri-production (precision ag, food tracibility, water management) – an initiative that could eventually be replicated and provide significant benefit to many locations through out the country Voting is now open at gigatown.co.nz - register your email and you NZ mobile number and you can vote.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 00:00:01 +0000
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