Editing Cook Strait (section)

=== Proposals for a bridge or tunnel ===
Proposals have been made for a [[bridge]] or [[undersea tunnel|tunnel]] across Cook Strait.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/short-haul-flight-is-environmental-enemy-no-1-is-it-time-to-revisit-the-cook-strait-tunnel/QA25EBZKRJFAPKXCCUGJLQSUWA/|date=2023-01-17|access-date=2025-03-18|title=Short Haul flight is environmental enemy no 1. Is it time to revisit the Cook Strait Tunnel?|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|first=Thomas|last=Bywater}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://infrastructurenews.co.nz/bridge-tunnel-work-across-cook-strait/|website=infrastructurenews.co.nz|date=2024-02-14|access-date=2025-03-18|title=Could a bridge or tunnel work across the Cook Strait?|first=Nicolas|last=Reid}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/03/04/should-we-build-a-bridge-or-tunnel-across-cook-strait/|date=2024-03-04|access-date=2025-03-18|title=Should we build a bridge or tunnel across Cook Strait?|publisher=Greater Auckland}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/521054/why-did-a-man-cross-cook-strait-to-ask-for-a-footbridge|publisher=[[Radio New Zealand]]|first=Maia|last=Hart|date=2024-07-02|access-date=2025-03-18|title=Why did a man cross Cook Strait to ask for a footbridge?}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.railfreight.com/infrastructure/2024/07/23/newzealand-rails-across-cook-strait-not-so-straight-forward/|website=RailFreight.com|date=2024-07-23|access-date=2025-03-18|title=New Zealand rails across Cook Strait not so straight forward}}</ref><ref name=tunnel>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/zealand-cook-strait-tunnel-ferries-bridge-d15a1f1d901cb67a4120bb12d9450ccd|publisher=Associated Press|date=2025-01-08|access-date=2025-03-18|title=Wild weather halted ferries between New Zealand's main islands again. Why isn't there a tunnel?|first=Charlotte|last=Graham-McLay}}</ref> {{as of|2025|1}}, a tunnel is estimated to cost {{NZD|50 billion}}, equivalent to 20 years of New Zealand's transport infrastructure development budget. Other obstacles include the large amount of [[seismic activity]] in Cook Strait.<ref name=tunnel/>