News- There's a search off Lyttelton Harbour for WWII mines that could be activated by magnetic or acoustic activity. "Looks like 'Acoustic Activity' takes the day!" 11 August 2010

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News- There's a search off Lyttelton Harbour for WWII mines that could be activated by magnetic or acoustic activity. "Looks like 'Acoustic Activity' takes the day!" 11 August 2010

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A man with a mine detector leans over the side of his boat trying to locate WW2 mines that they fear could be activated by magnetic or acoustic activity. Their search ends suddenly as a boatload of raucous young people with deafening music set off a bomb and are lifted high out of the water. Refers to the search for a World War 2 minefield believed to have been laid off the entrance to Lyttelton Harbour on Banks Peninsula. The 10 mines, thought to weigh up to 1000kg each, were apparently laid...

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2010

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http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23096432

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Lyttelton

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World War, 1939-1945 / Mines (Military explosives) / Lyttelton

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