Gulyaev, SNatusch, THearnshaw, JMartinez, P2011-12-162011-12-162011-12-162011-12-162007-08-092007-08-09Proceedings of the 26th meeting of the International Astronomical Union (IAU'06): Special Session #5, Prague, Czech Republic, vol. 2, pp 137-1401743-9213 (print) 1743-9221 (online)https://hdl.handle.net/10292/3138As a result of collective efforts of an Australian–New Zealand VLBI team, the first New Zealand VLBI system was developed, and a series of test observations between New Zealand and Australia conducted. The equipment and techniques used to conduct New Zealand's first VLBI observations are discussed and results of work in Australia and New Zealand to obtain fringes and the image of the source (PKS1921-231) are presented. The road map for New Zealand radio-astronomy as well as New Zealand involvement in the SKA is discussed.Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007. All rights reserved. Authors retain the right to place his/her published version of the work on a personal website or institutional repository. The definitive version was published in (please see citation). An electronic version of this article can be found online at: (Please see Publisher’s Version)Radio-astronomyVLBISKChapter in BookOpenAccess10.1017/S1743921307006886