1881 First telephones
Telephone exchanges in both Christchurch (30 subscribers) and Wellington (10 subscribers) were opened during 1881, with more opening in other major centres over the next decade. Although telephones were not initially popular – by 1890, there were only 2000 subscribers – by the turn of the century, 7000 telephones had been connected. Toll lines began linking cities in 1906. In 1926, the Cook Strait cable was laid, and all the major centres had been connected by 1930.
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