The Warkworth Radio Astronomical Observatory is located just south of Warkworth off SH1 about 50 km north of Auckland and is operated by the Institute of Radio Astronomy and Space Research, AUT University.

Radio Telescopes

WARK12M

Warkworth Radio Telescope

The Warkworth 12m Radio Telescopeis located just south of Warkworth off SH1 about 50 km north of Auckland.-Radio Telescope:The Warkworth 12m Radio Telescope is operated by the Institute of Radio Astronomy and Space Research, AUT University...

 12m Radio Telescope

WARK30M

Warkworth 2 dish

The Warkworth 30m Radio Telescope is located just south of Warkworth off SH1 about 50 km north of Auckland.-Radio Telescope:The Warkworth 30m Radio Telescope is operated by the Institute for Radio Astronomy and Space Research, AUT University...

 30m Radio Telescope

Hardware

A Hydrogen maser

Hydrogen maser

A Hydrogen maser, also known as hydrogen frequency standard, is a specific type of maser that uses the intrinsic properties of the hydrogen atom to serve as a precision frequency reference....

 is installed on-site for very accurate time required by VLBI observations.

The observatory has a 1Gb/s connection to the Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network

Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network

The Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network is a high-capacity, ultra high-speed national research and education network connecting New Zealand's tertiary institutions, research organisations, libraries, schools and museums, and the rest of the world...

, providing high speed data transfers for files and e-VLBI.

Timeline

2008 The 12m dish was built on the site

2010 A license to operate the New Zealand Telecom 30m dish was granted