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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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Carl Walrond, Beachcombing – Beachcombing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/7193/german-mine (accessed 14 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 2 March 2009.