  This report summarizes the geodetic VLBI activities in New Zealand in 2010.
It provides geographical and technical details of WARK12M - the new IVS network
station operated by the Institute for Radio Astronomy and Space Research
(IRASR) of Auckland University of Technology (AUT). The details of the VLBI
system installed in the station are outlined along with those of the collocated
GNSS station. We report on the status of broadband connectivity and on the
results of testing data transfer protocols; we investigate UDP protocols such
as 'tsunami' and UDT and demonstrate that the UDT protocol is more efficient
than 'tsunami' and 'ftp'. In general, the WARK12M IVS network station is fully
equipped, connected and tested to start participating in regular IVS
observational sessions from the beginning of 2011.
