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Bridge and tunnel proposals
The concept of a tunnel or bridge across the Cook Strait has been a topic of discussion and speculation for many decades.

A Hawke's Bay Herald article from 1904 said that New Zealand Premier Richard Seddon had been travelling all over the country bragging about how much money the Government had for grandiose projects, including a tunnel through the Cook Strait.