Even our Wi-Fi is awesome!
The NOW Wi-Fi network is an open access Wi-Fi network that anyone with a Wi-Fi device and coverage can use.
The trial service will give everyone FREE Internet access for 1 hour* per day.
If you are a NOW customer, you can use your at home or at work broadband plan data quota on the network on as many devices as you like!
You can also purchase pre-paid access from the Bluewater Hotel in Ahuriri, $10 for 1GB (must be used in a month)
To access the NOW Wi-Fi network search for the wireless network name “NOW Wi-Fi” and select either the trial service or login with your NOW username and password.
If you are a NOW customer and don’t know your username or password please call us on 0800 GET NOW.
If you are not a NOW customer then maybe it’s time to switch! Check out our home plans here
Our friends at Tweet2eat have a great cafe wi-fi etiquitte guide here, be awesome!
Coverage
The NOW Wi-Fi network is currently available at these locations:
Napier:
- Ahuriri - In and around the Bluewater Hotel (Pre-paid vouchers available)
- Ahuriri - All of West Quay including The Thirsty Whale and Shed 2
- Ahuriri - Cnr Waghorne and Bridge Streets at the Portside Inn
- Ahuriri - Waghorne Street in and around Red Jungle
- Ahuriri - Bridge Street in and around Café Nosh
- Ahuriri - Bridge Street in and around Café Zest
- Ahuriri - At Purfume Point and surrounding areas from East Pier
- Ahuriri - In and around Milk and Honey, Hot Chick and Boardwalk
- CBD - Marine Parade in and around the Hog’s Breath Café
- CBD - At the Hawkes Bay Club
- CBD - Hastings Street around Guffle Bar and Adoro Cafe
- CBD - In and around Cafe Ujazi
- CBD - Tennyson Street around St Beads
- CBD - Dalton Street around Cuba St cafe and Lorries cafe
- CBD - In the Emerson Street mall from Heavens Bakery
- CBD - In the Emerson Street mall opposite Market Street at Xplore - Your Web Agency
- CBD - Cnr Emerson Street and Clive Square at the Dram and Cock Whisky bar
- CBD - Dickens Street in and around Café DMP and Rosie & Moss
- CBD - Top of Carlyle Street at Fuse Cafe and around Visique
- Onekawa - Austin Street at NOW HQ (Pre-paid vouchers available)
- Onekawa - Taradale Road in and around Kiwitax
- Onekawa - Taradale Road in and around Sideline Bar
- Marewa - In and around Hawke's Bay Lawn Tennis Club
Havelock North:
- Village - inside and road frontage of Diva Bistro and Bar
- Village - inside and around the Loading Ramp
- Village - inside and around Jacksons Bakery on Joll Road
- Village - inside and around Jacksons Bakery on Middle Road
- Village - Central Village area
- More sites are being built now
Hastings:
- CBD - Around the water fountain in the mall by the iSite
- CBD - At The Rotten Apple Backpackers on Heretaunga Street
- CBD - Hawke’s Bay Chamber of Commerce Business Hub
- CBD - Around Angels Haven Gym and Hastings Library Area
- CBD - At Angkor Wat Kiwi Cafe at The Park Megacentre
- Need more host sites
Taradale:
- Need host sites, please enquire!
Clive:
- Coming Soon
Flaxmere:
- Need host sites, please enquire!
If you want to enquire about hosting a NOW Wi-fi hotspot at your business or if you know a great place we should think about, please let us know via info@nownz.co.nz
*Trial service at 1 hour per day is available for a limited time; the free service will eventually reduce to 15mins per day