1974, First day of competition at Christchurch Commonwealth Games
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New Zealand Railways' publicity and advertising branch added a typically seventies splash of bright orange to this October 1973 brochure.
Murray Costello collection
'Cook Strait ferry advertisement', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/the-floating-bridge, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 17-May-2017
First flight across Cook Strait
Telegraph line laid across Cook Strait
Troopship Wahine wrecked en route to Korea
Lyttelton–Wellington ferry service ends
Liner Wanganella refloated in Wellington Harbour
First woman swims Cook Strait
SS Penguin wrecked in Cook Strait
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