WWII mines in Tiri channel
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Printed Date: 27 May 2026 at 3:21pm
Topic: WWII mines in Tiri channel
Posted By: Phantom Menace
Subject: WWII mines in Tiri channel
Date Posted: 26 Jun 2025 at 2:00pm
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Second World War mines discovered in March and made safe just now ... https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/navy-divers-neutralise-second-world-war-mines-in-hauraki-gulf/" rel="nofollow - https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/navy-divers-neutralise-second-world-war-mines-in-hauraki-gulf/ |
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Posted By: MJ
Date Posted: 26 Jun 2025 at 3:59pm
| Spooky. I understand there are other areas of the Hauraki Gulf where old ordnance was dumped. |
Posted By: Lowbox
Date Posted: 27 Jun 2025 at 6:25am
Probably covered in lures and stories of "the one that got away' 
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