Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the general availability of the AWS Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region, featuring three Availability Zones and an API name of ap-southeast-6. This enables customers to run workloads and securely store data in New Zealand, while serving end users with even lower latency.
"A local AWS region will be a game-changer, boosting performance, resilience, and security while keeping data closer to our customers," said Ranjit Jayanandhan, general manager, Experience Hub at Kiwibank.
AWS Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region
The opening aims to help organisations run their applications and serve end users while maintaining data residency in New Zealand.
With the New Zealand government's cloud-first policy, organisations are not just encouraged, but actively supported to adopt cloud across the public sector. AWS, with its 143 security standards and compliance certifications, provides a secure cloud infrastructure to organisations, aligning with the government's vision.
"Kiwibank's partnership work with AWS on CloudUp for Her has already shown how cloud adoption drives both innovation and talent development. With this expansion, we will be able to scale faster, create more opportunities to upskill talent, and maintain the reliability and security our customers expect," added Jayanandhan.
AWS first opened its office in New Zealand in 2013 and has continued to expand its infrastructure to better serve Kiwi customers.
