Restoring Vanuatu’s Mission-Critical Broadcast Communications

How Kordia helped restore Vanuatu’s broadcast communications after a devasting earthquake

When a 7.3 magnitude earthquake devastated Port Vila on the 17th December 2024, broadcast networks were amongst the many services taken offline. As Vanuatu grappled with recovery and response, Kordia’s broadcast infrastructure team was quickly enlisted to assist.

Vanuatu’s national broadcaster, Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation (VBTC), needed assistance to restore critical radio services, to ensure important information for citizens impacted by the earthquake could be delivered quickly and efficiently.

Given Kordia’s ongoing relationship with VBTC and our extensive experience in designing, building and maintaining critical networks across New Zealand and the Pacific, our broadcast infrastructure team was quickly enlisted to assist.

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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.

Over the next few days, with the assistance of the VBTC team, Kordia was able to install an operational radio broadcast link between the studio and a key broadcast site, offering greater resilience in the face of ongoing aftershocks.

An initial assessment of the infrastructure at the studio, repeater site at Watertank Hill and transmitter site at Emten Lagoon was undertaken by the team. Our structural engineering team returned a few weeks later to inspect the damaged broadcasting facilities and provided advice on recovery.

Kordia continues to deliver critical communications expertise and advice to support VBTC’s recovery now and strengthen resilience for future events.

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