Cook Strait (English Wikipedia)

McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966) Cook Strait from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, updated 18-Sep-2007. Note: This is the distance between the North Island and Arapaoa Island; some sources give a slightly larger reading of around 24.5 kilometres (15.2 mi), that between the North Island and the South Island.

apnews.com

Graham-McLay, Charlotte (8 January 2025). "Wild weather halted ferries between New Zealand's main islands again. Why isn't there a tunnel?". Associated Press. Retrieved 18 March 2025.

arapawahomestead.co.nz

Perano Homestead.

archive.org

Martin, Stephen (2001). The Whales' Journey: Chapter 4: The northerly migration. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-86508-232-5.

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Initially the official toll was 51, but two names were added 22 and 40 years later respectively. Williamson, Kerry (9 April 2008). "Recognition 53rd Wahine victim". The Dominion Post. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2008.

atlantic-cable.com

"History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications from the first submarine cable of 1850 to the worldwide fiber optic network: 1879/1880 Cook Strait Cable (Wanganui - Wakapuaka, New Zealand)". atlantic-cable.com. Retrieved 28 January 2025.

batcompany.co.nz

Polynesian History. Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine.

canberratimes.com.au

Perry, Nick (1 November 2021). "Electric plane crosses NZ's Cook Strait". Canberra Times. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

contrafedpublishing.co.nz

Benign tides. Archived 1 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Energy NZ, no. 6, Spring 2008. Contrafed Publishing. Accessed 1 March 2009.
Harnessing the power of the sea. Energy NZ, vol. 1, no. 1, Winter 2007. Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine.

cookstraitswim.org.nz

"Cook Strait Swim". Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2014.

diaspora.gen.nz

Cook Strait seal colonies Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.

diveplanet.co.nz

"Dive Lastingham Wreck". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2008.

doi.org

Stevens, C. L., M. J. Smith, B. Grant, C. L. Stewart, T. Divett, 2012, Tidal Stream Energy Extraction in a Large Deep Strait: the Karori Rip, Cook Strait, Continental Shelf Research, 33: 100–109. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2011.11.012.
Stevens, C. L., 2018. Turbulent length scales in a fast-flowing, weakly stratified, strait: Cook Strait, New Zealand. Ocean Science, 14(4), pp. 801–812. doi:10.5194/os-14-801-2018.
Vennell, R., Major, R., Zyngfogel, R., Beamsley, B., Smeaton, M., Scheel, M. and Unwin, H., 2020. Rapid initial assessment of the number of turbines required for large-scale power generation by tidal currents. Renewable Energy, 162, pp. 1890–1905. doi:10.1016/j.renene.2020.09.101.
Plew, D. R. and Stevens, C. L., 2013. Numerical modelling of the effect of turbines on currents in a tidal channel–Tory Channel, New Zealand. Renewable Energy, 57, pp. 269–282. doi:10.1016/j.renene.2013.02.001.

greaterauckland.org.nz

"Should we build a bridge or tunnel across Cook Strait?". Greater Auckland. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2025.

hovercrafts.co.nz

"Welcome to Airflow Hovercraft". AirFlow Hovercraft NZ. Retrieved 5 March 2022.

infrastructurenews.co.nz

Reid, Nicolas (14 February 2024). "Could a bridge or tunnel work across the Cook Strait?". infrastructurenews.co.nz. Retrieved 18 March 2025.

linz.govt.nz

"Chart of Cook Strait". Archived from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2009.

marlboroughonline.co.nz

The Marlborough Sounds. Marlborough online. Retrieved 3 October 2008.

mccawmedia.co.nz

Craven, Wynn (October–November 2011). "The First Glider Crossing of Cook Strait - An Extraordinary Flight in 1957" (PDF). SoaringNZ. No. 24. Christchurch, NZ: McCaw Media Ltd. pp. 30–32.

nasa.gov

svs.gsfc.nasa.gov

Ocean Tides and Magnetic Fields, NASA Visualization Studio, 30 December 2016. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

natlib.govt.nz

"Bill Black and Terry Tiffen flying in their gyrocopters". National Library. 28 September 1999. Retrieved 26 January 2025.

niwa.co.nz

"Estuary origins". National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
Lunar Semidiurnal Tide (M2). NIWA. Accessed 21 November 2020.

nzherald.co.nz

Hill, Ruth (16 February 2006). "Lermontov sinking still lures conspiracy buffs". The New Zealand Herald. NZPA. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
Cook Strait ferry Aratere 'nearly capsized'. NZ Herald, 22 June 2006.
"Wellington scuttled in Cook Strait". The NZ Herald. 15 November 2005. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
Bywater, Thomas (17 January 2023). "Short Haul flight is environmental enemy no 1. Is it time to revisit the Cook Strait Tunnel?". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
Franks, Raphael (7 May 2025). "Transpower proposes $1.4 billion replacement for ageing Cook Strait electricity cables linking North, South Islands". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
Doesburg, Anthony (15 April 2008). "Green light for Cook Strait energy generator trial". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
"Swimming: Coutts thrived outside comfort zone". Hawke's Bay Today. 13 April 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2015.

nzhistory.govt.nz

"Cook Strait". New Zealand History. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
SS Penguin wrecked in Cook Strait – 12 February 1909. New Zealand History Online, Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Updated: 6 Oct 2020.
"Perano Whaling Station". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
First flight across Cook Strait 25 August 1920. New Zealand History Online, Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Updated: 24 August 2020.
Telegraph line laid across Cook Strait – 26 August 1866. New Zealand History Online, Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Updated: 9 July 2020.
First woman swims Cook Strait – 4 February 1975, New Zealand History Online, Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Updated: 25 March 2021.

odt.co.nz

McMurran, Alistair (9 January 2012). "Swimming: Dominant ocean swimmer for a decade". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 23 May 2025.

openlibrary.org

John E. Martin (1998). People, Politics and Power Stations – Electric Power Generation in New Zealand 1880–1998. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-908912-98-8. OL 107346M. Wikidata Q113031154.

radionz.co.nz

Radio New Zealand.

railfreight.com

"New Zealand rails across Cook Strait not so straight forward". RailFreight.com. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2025.

renewableenergydev.com

Renewable energy development: Tidal Energy: Cook Strait Archived 14 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine

rnz.co.nz

"Paraglider first to cross Cook Strait". RNZ. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
Hart, Maia (2 July 2024). "Why did a man cross Cook Strait to ask for a footbridge?". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 18 March 2025.

sourceforge.net

gfs.sourceforge.net

"Lunar tides in Cook Strait, New Zealand". Archived from the original on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2009.

stuff.co.nz

Lewis, Oliver (1 September 2017). "Add them to the list: Underwater survey discovers new wrecks in Marlborough Sounds". Stuff. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
Initially the official toll was 51, but two names were added 22 and 40 years later respectively. Williamson, Kerry (9 April 2008). "Recognition 53rd Wahine victim". The Dominion Post. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2008.
New rules for ferries after horror crossing. Stuff, 31 January 2009.
"Historic strait crossing was balloon enthusiast's last trip". Stuff. 8 January 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
Joel Maxwell (19 March 2016). "Canadian psychiatrist becomes oldest female swimmer to cross Cook Strait". The Dominion Post.

teara.govt.nz

Disasters and Mishaps – Shipwrecks, from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966, updated 2007-09-18.
Phillips, Jock. "Shore-based whaling". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
A. H., McLintock (ed.). "Pelorus Jack". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
Stevens, Craig and Chiswell, Stephen. Ocean currents and tides: Tides. Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 21 September 2007.
"The original Cook Strait cable is hauled ashore at Ōteranga Bay on Wellington's south-west coast in 1964". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 20 September 2011.

telus.net

www3.telus.net

Steamer 'City of Dunedin' – Mysterious Sinking Archived 14 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine.

thespinoff.co.nz

"A brief timeline of Cook Strait ferries". The Spinoff. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
Scratched (9 February 2021). "Scratched: Meda McKenzie versus the Cook Strait". The Spinoff. Retrieved 23 May 2025.

transpower.co.nz

"Cook Strait submarine cable protection zone" (PDF). Transpower. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2008.

victoria.ac.nz

nzetc.victoria.ac.nz

McNab, Robert (1913). A History of Southern New Zealand from 1830 to 1840. Whitcombe and Tombs Limited. ASIN B000881KT4.

web.archive.org

Steamer 'City of Dunedin' – Mysterious Sinking Archived 14 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
"Dive Lastingham Wreck". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2008.
Benign tides. Archived 1 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Energy NZ, no. 6, Spring 2008. Contrafed Publishing. Accessed 1 March 2009.
"Lunar tides in Cook Strait, New Zealand". Archived from the original on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
"Chart of Cook Strait". Archived from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
Cook Strait seal colonies Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
"Cook Strait submarine cable protection zone" (PDF). Transpower. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2008.
Renewable energy development: Tidal Energy: Cook Strait Archived 14 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Harnessing the power of the sea. Energy NZ, vol. 1, no. 1, Winter 2007. Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
Polynesian History. Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
"Cook Strait Swim". Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2014.

wikidata.org

John E. Martin (1998). People, Politics and Power Stations – Electric Power Generation in New Zealand 1880–1998. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-908912-98-8. OL 107346M. Wikidata Q113031154.