Radiocommunications Act 1989

Miscellaneous provisions

Schedule 7: Entitlements to specific licences

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"Rules for Using Certain Radio Frequencies"

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You can get a licence for certain radio frequencies. The Radiocommunications Act 1989 has a list of these frequencies. You can find this list in the act, which is empowered by s 170. You can use these frequencies in different locations. For example, 540 kHz is used by Radio Rhema Incorporated in Papamoa. Other frequencies are used by different operators in places like Auckland and Wellington. Some frequencies are used by multiple operators in the same location. For example, 89.0 MHz is used by Ex-Static Society Incorporated in Blenheim and by Victoria University of Wellington Students Association Incorporated in Wellington.

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Schedule 6: 2 frequency land mobile frequencies, or

"Radio Frequencies for Land Mobile Use"

Schedule 8: General provisions relating to material incorporated by reference in regulations, or

"Rules that include other information by reference: how they work"

7Entitlements to specific licences Empowered by s 170

The following table is small in size and has 3 columns. Column 1 is headed Frequency. Column 2 is headed Operator. Column 3 is headed Location.
Frequency	Operator	Location
540 kHz	Radio Rhema Incorporated	Papamoa
585 kHz	Radio Ngati Porou Charitable Trust	Ruatoria
594 kHz	Radio Rhema Incorporated	Timaru
603 kHz	Aotearoa Maori Radio Trust	Auckland
621 kHz	Radio Rhema Incorporated	Dunedin
648 kHz	Radio Rhema Incorporated	Mahia
801 kHz	Radio Rhema Incorporated	Nelson
855 kHz	Radio Rhema Incorporated	Hamilton
1161 kHz	Nga Kaiwhakapumau I Te Reo	Wellington
1251 kHz	Radio Rhema Incorporated	Auckland
1305 kHz	Otago Radio Association Inc	Dunedin
1350 kHz	Trustees of the Te Arawa Lakes Trust	Rotorua
1350 kHz	Mang-o-nui Limited	Rotorua
1368 kHz	Tauranga District Museum and Historic Village	Tauranga
1404 kHz	Radio Rhema Incorporated	Invercargill
1503 kHz	Radio Rhema Incorporated	Wellington
1503 kHz	Radio Rhema Incorporated	Christchurch
1602 kHz	Radio For the Print Disabled Incorporated	Levin
89.0 MHz	Ex-Static Society Incorporated	Blenheim
89.0 MHz	Victoria University of Wellington Students Association Incorporated	Wellington
89.0 MHz	Waikato Students Union Incorporated	Hamilton
91.0 MHz	Otago University Students Association Incorporated	Dunedin
92.8 MHz	Te Whare Awhina O Te Iwi Trust	Kaitaia
95.0 MHz	Campus Radio BFM Ltd	Auckland
95.1 MHz	Radio Rhema Incorporated	Taupo
96.3 MHz	Otematata Televiewers Society	Otematata
96.9 MHz	Canterbury Communications Trust	Christchurch
97.3 MHz	Otematata Televiewers Society	Otematata
98.3 MHz	University of Canterbury Students Association	Christchurch
99.4 MHz	Massey University Students Association	Palmerston North

Notes

Schedule 7: amended, on 26 September 2006, by section 99(2) of the Te Arawa Lakes Settlement Act 2006 (2006 No 43).