Longstanding Northland business McKay has won a multimillion-dollar contract to build a landing station for a 14,000km internet cable system.
The Whangarei-based company has signed a contract with Hawaiki Submarine Cable LP to build a cable landing station in Mangawhai Heads which should starting operating by June next year.
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The $400 million Hawaiki submarine cable system will link New Zealand, Australia, Hawaii and the United States and could expand to several South Pacific islands and could mean faster and cheaper access to the internet.
Under the contract, MacKay will design and construct the cable landing station and managing director Lindsay Faithfull said his company would engage the services of other companies during various stages of the work.