Network map

KAREN members can connect to the network at 16 Points of Presence or PoPs across New Zealand.

The diagram below shows the topology of KAREN across New Zealand and our linkages out to the rest of the world. As this network map shows, KAREN is currently made up of 16 PoPs across the country, with further PoPs under development. KAREN members connect to these PoPs to join the network.

Current network with spurs under development

Network map from December 2010

PoP location key

PoP Code	Location	PoP Code	Location
AKL	16 Kingston Street, Auckland	NPL	20 Bell Street, New Plymouth
AVL	1 Fairway Drive, Avalon	NSH	46 Northcote Road, North Shore City
CCH	University Drive, Christchurch	POR	Wineera Drive, Porirua
DUD	444 Great King Street, Dunedin	PNR	Riddet Road, Palmerston North
HLT	Ruakura Road, Hamilton	SEA	Seattle
HVN	265 Lawn Road, Havelock North	SYD	Sydney
INV	50 Dee Street, Invercargill	TAU	91 Willow Street, Tauranga
IVM	Puddle Alley Road, Invermay	TPO	Aorangi Crescent, Tekapo
LCN	Farm Road, Lincoln	ROT	49 Sala Street, Rotorua
MTA	120 Mt Albert Road, Mt Albert	WAG	15 Rutland Street, Wanganui
MTU	349 Main Street, Palmerston North	GIS	290 Palmerston Road, Gisborne
NAP	21 Browning Street, Napier	WKW	Satellite Road, Warkworth
NLS	110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson	WLG	160 Lambton Quay, Wellington

National network

KAREN serves thousands of researchers and educators, from Crown research institutes, universities, libraries, schools, polytechnics, museums and private sector partners across New Zealand through a series of 16 Points of Presence, or PoPs.

The ring-shaped core network has a capacity of 10 Gigabits per second and is resilient, meaning network traffic has an alternative path if one side of the ring breaks. This ensures your data will always get through.

Work is underway right now to expand the reach of KAREN through the addition of new PoPs and regional spurs. This will bring the number of PoPs to 23 by October 2010, and extend our reach to Warkworth and Invercargill. (The 1Gbps connectivity to Warkworth has been completed, and that to Tekapo is imminent).

International network

KAREN also connects with similar high-speed national research and education networks across the world, through international connection to Sydney and Seattle, and through them networks in Asia and Europe.

Our international network extends all the way to Sydney and Seattle. From our PoP in the North Shore we connect to Sydney via two 155 Megabit per second links and to Seattle at 622 Megabits per second. Following our network refresh, from December 2010 we will have 1Gb/s connectivity to Sydney and Los Angeles.

At our landing points at Sydney and Seattle, KAREN connects with over 50 similar research and education networks across the world, giving you access to millions of people and resources without data charges.

More network maps

View the KAREN Weathermap, a real-time representation of traffic flows over KAREN.

The address details of current PoPs can be found under on the PoP Standards page

Related information

Updated 1 September 2010