Hawaiki Cable spans 15,000 km, linking Australia, New Zealand, American Samoa, Pacific Island, Hawaii and Oregon, on the U.S. West Coast, with a design capacity of 43.8 Tbps of capacity. 

The Hawaiki Cable represents a solution to improve: 
- Trans-Pacific connectivity between Australia, New Zealand and the US 
- Trans-Tasman connectivity between Australia and New Zealand 
- Hawaii connectivity to Continental US 
- Pacific Islands connectivity to New Zealand, Australia and the US 

The main trunk of Hawaiki cable system is 100% owned and constructed by Hawaiki Submarine Cable LP (HSC LP), headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand. The total investment in Hawaiki Cable is approximately US$300 million (NZD 445m).

HSC LP and its affiliates owns and/or controls the cable landing stations ("CLS") in Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and Oregon, as follows:

• Australia: CLS in Sydney is colocated at Equinix SY4.
• New Zealand: HSC LP builds and owns a new CLS.
• Hawaii: HSC USA builds and owns a new CLS, with DRFortress acting as landing party in Hawaii.
• Oregon: CLS in Pacific City is leased from Tillamook Lightwave, who owns the CLS, with ACS Cable Systems, LLC operating the CLS in Oregon pursuant to an agreement with HSC USA. The SLTE of Hawaiki cable system is terminated at Flexential's Brookwood data center in Hillsboro.

American Samoa Telecommunications Authority ("ASTCA"), the government-owned incumbent local exchange carrier in the U.S. Territory of American Samoa, owns, constructs and operates the branch to American Samoa and corresponding landing station.

Amazon AWS purchased capacity in the Hawaiki cable system,  making it AWS' first investment in an international submarine cable system.

The Hawaiki submarine cable system has been ready for service as of Jul. 20, 2018.