Auckland Smart City

Auckland Smart City
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Deployment Status	Ongoing
Deployment Start Date
Deployment End Date
Events	* uses Record type Property:Has event Start (2 January 2019, Documented, , No description)
City	Auckland
Country	New Zealand
Involved Entities
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Technology Deployed	Glowbal NZ (Software), Parkable (Software), SmartSensor Technologies (Software), Spark NZ 5G
Information Certainty	Documented
Primary sources	1, 2, 3
Datasets Used	Unknown Dataset 0038, Spark NZ (Dataset)
Deployment Type	Surveillance
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managed by	Auckland Council, Auckland Transport
used by	Auckland Council, Auckland Transport, New Zealand Security Intelligence Service
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Information Certainty: Documented

Deployment Purpose: Surveillance

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Products and Institutions:

Product Deployed	Parkable (Software) Glowbal NZ (Software) Spark NZ 5G SmartSensor Technologies (Software)
Institutions ⠉	Parkable Glowbal NZ Spark NZ SmartSensor Technologies
Datasets	Unknown Dataset 0038 Spark NZ (Dataset)
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Status and Events:

Status	Ongoing
Events	Start (2 January 2019, Documented, , No description)
Start Date
End Date

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Involved Entities
Managed by	Auckland Council Auckland Transport
Used by	Auckland Council Auckland Transport New Zealand Security Intelligence Service

Location:

City	Auckland
Country ⠉	New Zealand

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Description

Auckland has a number of Smart City initiatives which monitor the city. Though premised on environmental and parking concerns, camera access has been found to have been granted to the Security Intelligence Service. The tools have extensive capabilities such as having the ability to monitor the number of people on buses.

Spark and AT installed an IoT-enabled infrastructure at Auckland’s Wynyard Quarter, which includes 5G connected lighting, smart benches with charging capability, smart bins, and parking sensors. The commercial 5G network is up and running in Auckland, with coverage across Britomart, the Viaduct, Commercial Bay and Wynyard Quarter, as well as in North Shore’s Takapuna 2

Smart lighting has been installed in the surrounding streets of Wynyard Quarter’s Innovation Precinct, which can now generate heat maps of foot traffic to help AT identify any “choke points” to better inform future infrastructure investments, as well as monitor air and noise pollution. Some lights are fitted with 5G connected CCTV which could enable better detection of criminal activity, capturing high definition video even at night, and can be dimmed and brightened remotely to help reduce energy consumption. Solar-powered smart benches with smart phone and electric scooter charging capabilities have also been installed at the Quarter, connected over Spark’s LoraWAN IoT network 2

Spark and AT have installed the IoT technology at Wynyard Quarter with key technology partners, NB Smart Cities, Glowbal NZ, SmartSensor Technologies and Parkable with the shared goal of using IoT and data to make better decisions and improve quality of life for people 2

In our biggest city, Auckland Transport and Auckland Council own about 5685 cameras combined. This amounts to four cameras per 1000 residents, and that doesn't include the cameras owned by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, police, businesses, or installed at private properties. They're omnipresent 1

In 2021, RNZ revealed the Security Intelligence Service had access to cameras in Auckland, using an arrangement the Privacy Commissioner said was outdated. Auckland Council denied the service was using its cameras but Auckland Transport wouldn't confirm or deny 1

The rapid digital response project is a world first. Using live data from AT HOP cards, it was introduced during Alert Level 4 (Covid-19 lockdown measures). It means customers are able to see how full their bus is in real-time, through the AT Mobile app. "We already knew how many people were on our buses, so we quickly designed and built a new version of the app to share this information with our customers," says Mr Ellison. “Anyone can quickly check the app before getting on the bus to ensure there’s enough room on board to physically distance. We think that makes people feel more confident about using public transport during the pandemic.” 3

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