Cell phone coverage coming to a track near you

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Milford Sound will soon have mobile coverage – a development David Weston fears could destroy the area. Photo: Krzysztof Golik/Wikimedia Commons
Instagrammers will be delighted some of the country’s most scenic and wild spots will soon have cell phone coverage, but some trampers are not pleased by the development.  Walking along a track, deep in the serenity of nature, the last thing anyone expects to hear is Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture blaring out as a cell phone […]
Denise Piper

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