Landing Point · NZ New Zealand
| Cable | Status |
|---|---|
| Aqualink | Active |
| Tasman Global Access (TGA) Cable | Active |
RTT measurements to this landing point from 2026-03-06 through 2026-04-09 — live ICMP round-trip time via RIPE Atlas probes. Recomputed daily. ✓ No anomalies detected in the monitored period.
| Probe | Location | Samples | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| #6427 own probe | Sydney AU | 41 | 38.7 ms |
| #1014473 own probe | Minsk BY | 5 | 348.9 ms |
| #1014589 own probe | Almaty KZ | 5 | 387.8 ms |
| #1014597 own probe | Tbilisi GE | 5 | 340.3 ms |
| #1014969 own probe | Jerusalem IL | 3 | 346.6 ms |
Raglan is a small coastal town situated on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island, approximately 48 kilometres west of Hamilton. Despite its modest size, Raglan serves as a landing point for two submarine cables, placing it among the more active cable landing locations within New Zealand's national submarine cable infrastructure. The town's position on the Tasman Sea coastline makes it a natural candidate for trans-Tasman connectivity as well as domestic inter-island links.
The two cables landing at Raglan connect New Zealand both to Australia and to other points within New Zealand itself. This combination of international and domestic submarine cable infrastructure gives Raglan a dual role within the regional network, supporting both cross-Tasman traffic and intra-national connectivity.
Tasman Global Access (TGA) Cable is an international submarine cable measuring 2,288 kilometres in length, which reached ready-for-service status in 2017. The TGA cable links New Zealand and Australia, spanning the Tasman Sea to provide a direct trans-Tasman connection. Raglan serves as one of the New Zealand termination points for this cable system.
Aqualink is a domestic submarine cable that reached ready-for-service status in 2001. The Aqualink cable connects multiple landing points within New Zealand, making it a purely intra-national system. No international country endpoints are associated with this cable. As one of the earlier submarine cables in New Zealand's infrastructure, Aqualink represents a foundational element of domestic submarine connectivity through Raglan.
Among New Zealand's 20 cable landing points, Raglan hosts two cables, placing it in the top 95 per cent of landing points nationally by cable count. Auckland leads the country with three cables, while several other North Island locations — New Plymouth, Takapuna, and Whenuapai — each also host two cables, putting Raglan on equal footing with those peers. Christchurch and Fighting Bay each host a single cable, making Raglan a moderately active node within the broader New Zealand landing point landscape.
Raglan functions as a dual-purpose submarine cable landing point, terminating one international trans-Tasman cable and one domestic New Zealand cable. The Tasman Global Access cable enables direct connectivity between New Zealand and Australia across the 2,288-kilometre Tasman Sea corridor, while the Aqualink cable supports connectivity between points within New Zealand itself. Together, these two systems make Raglan a small but tangible node in both the international and domestic layers of New Zealand's submarine cable network.
Within the regional submarine cable graph, Raglan's combination of a trans-Tasman international link and a domestic cable route reflects a pattern seen at several comparable North Island landing points, reinforcing the distributed nature of New Zealand's coastal cable infrastructure rather than concentrating all connectivity at a single hub.
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