The country is more reliant on wireless internet than ever before, with total broadband connections reaching 1.23m.

Kiwis are continuing to move away from fixed-line services on the copper network to fibre, which is up 21%.

Chorus says it's now completing an average of 480 fibre connections per weekday.

Fixed-line connections are slowly shrinking and now sit at about 1.74m.

The government has extended its target for the fibre telecommunications network to 80% of the country.

It's estimated that will cost about $1.8b to build.