Kordia

Kordia

http://www.kordia.co.nz
https://www.linkedin.com/company/kordia/

Kordia, a state-owned company headquartered in New Zealand, operates as a tier 1 media tech buyer, providing connectivity and distribution services. Founded in 2003, it employs approximately 540 individuals and reported $88.8M in revenue as of 2025. The company specializes in delivering technology solutions encompassing telecommunications, cyber security, field services, media and broadcast, and safety of life services.

2025 Revenue

Founded

2003

Headcount

535

Headquarters

New Zealand

Primary Segment

Connectivity and distribution services

Ownership

State Owned

Deployments

1

News Summary:

On July 23, 2026, Kordia played a major role in replacing Radio New Zealand's (RNZ) ageing AM broadcast masts at the Henderson transmission site, contributing to the design, works methodology, and rigging to secure Auckland's emergency broadcasting capability. Previously, on July 13, Kordia's Maritime Operations Centre (MOC) extended its specialist monitoring capability to protect critical underwater infrastructure (CUI) in the North Sea and English Channel, now monitoring six critical submarine cable segments connecting Europe, in addition to its role assisting New Zealanders in distress at sea. Kordia Group announced board changes on July 1, with Ben Kepes appointed as Chair and David Boyes and Jason McDonald named as Directors; these appointments were made by Hon Simeon Brown, Minister for State Owned Enterprises. This followed a June 18 initiative where the Government unveiled a National Surveillance and Warning Capability at the Maritime Operations Centre in Wellington, aiming to protect New Zealand’s undersea cables which carry 99% of the country's international data traffic and are critical to national security and the digital economy, addressing threats like sabotage and damage.

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Kordia offers 9 products in the telecoms tech, enterprise tech and media tech industries. Kordia's product portfolio comprises of broadcast professional services, connectivity and distribution services, enterprise and telecoms software and telecoms network infrastructure.

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Kordia's revenues were less than $100M in 2025. Caretta Research has split Kordia's revenue into 5 different product categories, the largest of which is terrestrial transmission services. For full access to Kordia's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.

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Jul

23rd

2026

01:00

Future-proofing RNZ's infrastructure

Radio New Zealand (RNZ) successfully replaced two ageing AM broadcast masts with one new mast at the Henderson transmission site, securing Auckland's emergency broadcasting capability for the next generation. Kordia played a major role in the project with the design of the new mast, development of the works methodology and the rigging works on site.

Jul

13th

2026

22:33

Partnerships and Alliances, B2B Tag, Partnerships, Facility Expansion

Taking New Zealand expertise to the Northern Hemisphere

Kordia's Maritime Operations Centre (MOC) is helping protect critical underwater infrastructure (CUI) on the other side of the world, extending its specialist monitoring capability to the North Sea and English Channel. As well as being the first point of contact for New Zealanders in distress in the water, the MOC is now monitoring six critical submarine cable segments that connect Europe.

Jul

1st

2026

20:52

Management Changes, B2B Tag

New Board Chair and Directors announced

Kordia welcomes the appointment of Ben Kepes as Chair of Kordia Group, alongside the appointment of David Boyes and Jason McDonald as Directors this week. The appointments were announced by Hon Simeon Brown, Minister for State Owned Enterprises.

Jul

1st

2026

01:00

Management Changes, B2B Tag

New Appointments announced for Kordia and QV – LiveNews.co.nz

Source: New Zealand Government Kordia Group Deputy Chair Ben Kepes will become Chair from today and two new directors have been appointed to the company’s Board, State Owned Enterprises Minister Simeon Brown says. Kordia provides critical communications infrastructure across New Zealand and Mr Kepes has strong leadership and governance expertise with extensive experience in technology strategy and digital transformation,” Mr Brown says.

Jun

18th

2026

16:34

Emerging Tech, Big Data/Analytics

Homegrown protection system deployed to protect NZ’s vital underwater cables

A new initiative has been launched to better protect New Zealand’s undersea cables, which carry about 99% of the country’s international data traffic and are critical to national security and the digital economy. The Government yesterday unveiled a National Surveillance and Warning Capability at the Maritime Operations Centre in Wellington to help address this increasingly acute threat from sabotage and damage during illegal fishing.

Jun

18th

2026

08:13

New Offerings, Emerging Tech

Radio New Zealand News 'World-first' system will monitor New Zealand's critical underwater cables | RNZ 'World-first' system will monitor New Zealand's critical underwater cables | RNZ News

Technology that aims to better protect New Zealand's critical underwater cables has been launched at the Maritime Operations Centre in Wellington. The system will trigger an alert if a vessel comes to close to underwater infrastructure, or is carrying out an activity that risks damaging it.

Jun

7th

2026

19:30

Vanuatu Quake Broadcast

Working over Christmas, an assembled team worked continuously to map out logistics, equipment and people resources, working closely with the New Zealand and Vanuatu governments to deploy Kordia engineers on the ground to assess the damage and fix the network.

Jun

7th

2026

19:30

Cyber Security Incident Response

THE CHECKLIST YOU NEED TO DEVELOP A ROBUST INCIDENT RESPONSE PLAN When a cyber-attack or security breach happens, you need to be ready to respond quickly and with confidence. That is why developing a detailed incident response plan is so critical. To help you develop that plan, we have created this Cyber Incident Response Executive Checklist. Use this as a tool to help your organisation refine it's own incident response plan.

Jun

7th

2026

19:30

SOLAS Distress & Monitoring

As such, the Maritime Operations Centre has a significant responsibility in its provision of services to the maritime industry. Manned 24/7, the MOC provides meteorological information, navigational warnings and ionospheric predictions. But it also acts as the first point of call for emergency communication received via internationally designated call and reply distress frequencies.

Jun

7th

2026

19:30

Getting Started with Zero Trust Guide

Getting started with Zero Trust If you are an IT manager with an existing cloud environment or are planning a cloud migration, this guide is for you. We walk you through the seven pillars of Zero Trust, provide some useful tips and advice, pinpoint possible roadblocks and provide ideas on how to get around them.

Jun

7th

2026

19:30

Cyber Security Strategies

Protect what you have Your DX journey could leave your current infrastructure unsecured, and your business vulnerable. The first step to minimise risk is to protect what you have before building on it. Secure as you go A process of baked-in security or ‘secure by design’ from the outset ensures that, when the code is released into your live environment, it is both secure and to standard.

Jun

7th

2026

19:30

Kordia Talking Tech

The Log4j vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) has been described as the worst in a decade, with 93% of all cloud environments identified as being at risk. Although the exploit may have disappeared from the headlines (for now), nearly 50% of applications are still not patched or remediated.

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