More links and websites
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A powerful link: the Cook Strait cable
This technical history website gives information about the laying of the Cook Strait power cable in 1965.
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Seaworks
Seaworks monitors underwater cables in Cook Strait and elsewhere. Click ‘Case studies’ for articles about their work.
More suggestions and sources
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Airey, Elisabeth. The taming of distance: New Zealand’s first international telecommunications. Wellington: Dunmore, 2005.
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Fried, Paul, and others. The story of Maui. Wellington: Maui Development, 1979.
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Harris, T. F. W. Greater Cook Strait: form and flow. Wellington: DSIR Marine and Freshwater, 1990.
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