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Kōrero: Beachcombing

German mine

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German mine

This German mine washed up in the Manukau Harbour in the Second World War. The mines were laid by German navy raiders in the early 1940s around harbour entrances and shipping lanes.

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New Zealand Herald

Reference: Auckland Weekly News

Permission of the New Zealand Herald must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carl Walrond, Beachcombing – Beachcombing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/7193/german-mine (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.