Run Generative AI inference with Amazon Bedrock in Asia Pacific (New Zealand)
Amazon AWS AI Blog / 3/27/2026
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Key Points
- Amazon Bedrock has been newly launched in the Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region (ap-southeast-6), enabling customers in New Zealand to run generative AI inference from Auckland.
- The rollout provides access to multiple Anthropic Claude models (Claude Opus 4.5/4.6, Sonnet 4.5/4.6, Haiku 4.5) as well as Amazon’s Nova 2 Lite model.
- Bedrock supports cross-region inference from the New Zealand Region, with routing that determines model availability via geographic and global routing.
- The article also explains how cross-region inference works and walks through getting started with the first API call for Bedrock in this region.
Today, we’re excited to announce that Amazon Bedrock is now available in the Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region (ap-southeast-6). Customers in New Zealand can now access Anthropic Claude models (Claude Opus 4.5, Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.5, Sonnet 4.6, and Haiku 4.5) and Amazon (Nova 2 Lite) models directly in the Auckland Region with cross region inference. In this post, we explore how cross-Region inference works from the New Zealand Region, the models available through geographic and global routing, and how to get started with your first API call. We
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