"In the end of an era for New Zealand land transport, the last stretch of metal road in the country's State Highway network has been tarsealed."

#RobinMartin, 2025

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542867/tarsealing-of-tangarakau-gorge-marks-end-of-an-era

Reminds me of reading an article about the last 'party line' (shared copper phone line) in Aotearoa being replaced with household landlines;

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/celebration-time-as-little-loved-party-lines-get-cut-off/MUYKOS4F6YT4A3HXK4I7AC4FOM/
years

25 years later they're in terminal decline;

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/media-technology/515424/time-running-out-for-nz-s-copper-phone-network

A sign of things to come?

@airshipper

#roading #StateHighways