Strypey"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;
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?
