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Membership
KAREN membership
Through KAREN membership, 69 organisations at 112 sites across the country are using and developing the best information and communication technologies to accelerate their education and research activities.
KAREN is dedicated to research, education and innovation in New Zealand. KAREN membership is open to Crown research institutes, universities, institutes of technology and polytechnics, wananga, schools, libraries, museums, health and government agencies, and private sector partners.
Membership to KAREN is governed by our Network Access Policy (pdf, 257KB). This policy outlines the types of membership agreements available to organisations wanting to join KAREN. Contact REANNZ for any membership inquiries on info@reannz.co.nz
Membership categories
Members
Members are New Zealand tertiary education institutions (universities, institutes of technology and polytechnics and wananga), Crown Research Institutes and the National Library of New Zealand. These organisations are leading the way in the use of advanced technologies for research and education. KAREN Member and Associate Member list
Associate Members
Associate Members are organisations that deliver education or research (such as schools), or that provide education or research services. Libraries, archives and museums are also eligible to become Associate Members. KAREN Member and Associate Member list
Partners
Partners are organisations that have a role in providing, co-ordinating or administering education or research. This includes private sector companies that partner with or supply content and services to our Members or Associate Members, government agencies, partners and hospitals. There are three classes of Partner and a Network Aggregator class. KAREN Partner description and list
Research and Education Partners are primarily involved in the provision of education, training or teaching, conduct or co-ordination of research, or the administration of those activities. Research and education partners can access KAREN for these purposes. They are not allowed to use KAREN for their other business activities.
Content and Service Partners are any supplier organisation that wishes to provide services to Members or Associate
Members. See our Service & Content Partner policy (pdf, 78KB) for full details.
Technology Partners are organisations wishing to conduct technical trials or pilots on KAREN.
Network Aggregators deliver the power of KAREN to smaller members who may not have the resources required to manage a core KAREN connection. An Aggregated Service is a combination of a connection (layer-2) service and a traffic management (layer-3) service. Aggregators can use their own, or any other compliant, connection (layer-2) service, such as an offering from a local open-access network provider. See our Network Aggregator policy (pdf, 155KB) for full details.
Related information
Updated 16 October 2009