The Government has confirmed security threats were raised around New Zealand's broadband scheme, but is refusing to say whether a Chinese company that has been blocked from Australian contracts was involved.
Australia has shut Chinese telco Huawei out of its national broadband contracts following cyber attacks originating in China.
Huawei has signed deals with Enable Services and Ultrafast Fibre Ltd, the Government's private partners for the ultra-fast broadband (UFB) scheme in Christchurch and the central North Island.
It has also signed a contract with Chorus to help roll out fibre lines in the rural broadband initiative.
Prime Minister John Key yesterday said the UFB contract with Huawei began before Australia's action against the company, but he was "comfortable with the current arrangements'' in New Zealand.