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Kōrero: Telecommunications

Telegraph spreads

  • 1868

  • 1880

  • 1892

The telegraph spread rapidly as a means of communication. The first line and network was set up in Canterbury in 1862. By 1868 major towns and ports were connected. By 1880 smaller centres were connected in both North and South islands, and by 1892 telegraph extended to many rural towns.

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A. C. Wilson, Telecommunications – Early telegraphy and telegrams, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/interactive/21998/telegraph-spreads (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā A. C. Wilson, i tāngia i te 13 April 2010, updated 1 April 2022.