Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand is a submarine cable landing point in New Zealand (coordinates -36.8842°, 174.7704°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in New Zealand's international connectivity infrastructure.

Auckland is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about 1,547,200. It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of 1,816,000 as of June 2025. It is the most populous city of New Zealand and the fifth-most populous city in Oceania. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Auckland, New Zealand

Cables landing at Auckland, New Zealand are operated by 3 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Datagrid New Zealand, Google, One NZ. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Auckland, New Zealand, international traffic can reach 4 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include Australia, French Polynesia, New Zealand, United States.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Auckland, New Zealand in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Tasman Ring Network (2027) — Tasman Ring Network is a point-to-point submarine cable linking New Zealand and Australia. Landing at Auckland, Greymouth, Invercargill, Melbourne, New Plymouth, and 1 more, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
• Honomoana (2026) — Honomoana is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting New Zealand, Australia, United States, French Polynesia. Its 6 landing points at Auckland, Melbourne, San Diego, Sydney, Tahiti Iti, and 1 more bridge the networks of Oceania, North America, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →
• Aqualink (2001) — Aqualink is a domestic submarine cable network within New Zealand, connecting 11 coastal and island locations including Auckland, Christchurch, Kaikoura, New Plymouth, Oara, and 6 more. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.