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Kōrero: Engineering on the sea floor

Damaged cables

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This footage from 1993 shows the damaged state of the two Cook Strait power cables that were laid in 1964.

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Keith Lewis, Engineering on the sea floor – Submarine cables, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/6636/damaged-cables (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Keith Lewis, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.