TuiaNet

TuiaNet or Tuia was a national research and education network (NERN) in New Zealand. Established in 1992,{{sfn|Newman|2008|pp=99–100}} it provided the first Internet backbone for the country. This backbone provided a 48 kbit/s connection{{cite web|url=https://www.nethistory.co.nz/Internet_in_New_Zealand_Timeline/|title=Internet in New Zealand Timeline|author=Keith Newman|accessdate=22 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908030010/http://www.nethistory.co.nz/index.php/Internet_in_New_Zealand_Timeline|archive-date=8 September 2011|url-status=live}} between every New Zealand university, many Crown Research Institute and the National Library.{{cite web |url=http://users.actrix.co.nz/newbery/Internet-Catechism.html|title=A Short Catechism on the Internet|author=Michael Newbery|date=3 June 1993|accessdate=10 August 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130223072008/http://users.actrix.co.nz/newbery/Internet-Catechism.html|archive-date=23 February 2013}} It also provided an international connection of 128 kbit/s (1992) to 512 kbit/s (1994) to the Ames Research Center.{{cite web |url=http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~eroberts/cs201/projects/1997-98/pricing-of-the-internet-1/new.htm|title=New Zealand|date=July 1994|accessdate=10 August 2011}} By 1993, the parties involved in the network rarely engaged in further collaboration on the network, and private internet service providers soon emerged.

The main international connection of the network was replaced with the Southern Cross Cable, and a new NERN emerged through the Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network (KAREN) in 2006.{{sfn|Newman|2008|p=591}}