Didn't Kim Dot Blob try and float this one 5 years ago?
I guess his court hearing for extradition must be taking his focus at present.
Australia and New Zealand got a small step closer to a third Pacific crossing, with submarine cable upstart Hawaiki signing DRFortress in Hawaii to operate its landing station. The on-again, off-again, on-again cable signed TE SubCom as its construction partner in 2013, but the project went into cold storage while the builders …
The other reason its risky building a competing cable to New Zealand is that those who rule over us are very keen on incumbents, and have gutted industry regulators.
It's not a coincidence that the Minister for Telecommunications has usually been known as the Minister for Telecom's Shareholders.