Islands connected for 150 years
ββIt played a pivotal role in paving the way forward for modern communications.ββ
PAULA HULBURT
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A historic New Zealand landmark has turned 150-years-old.
The cable station at Whites Bay, in Marlborough, made communication history after linking the North and South Island.
A simple copper telegraph cable was laid across the Cook Strait seabed,...
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