Whanganui, New Zealand

Whanganui, New Zealand is a submarine cable landing point in New Zealand (coordinates -39.9333°, 175.0500°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in New Zealand's international connectivity infrastructure.

Whanganui, also spelt Wanganui, is a city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway. Whanganui is the 19th most-populous urban area in New Zealand and the second-most-populous in Manawatū-Whanganui, with a population of 42,800 as of June 2025. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Whanganui, New Zealand, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include New Zealand. This location depends on a single cable system — a characteristic that makes it strategically sensitive to physical disruptions.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Whanganui, 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

• 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.