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  1. 7th March 2014, 14:08 #1
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    Mines in the Hauraki Gulf

    Be very careful if you're going fishing in the Hauraki Gulf any time soon

    http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/newshom...-hauraki-gulf/
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    They should ban all mining in the Hauraki Gulf man... I mean deep sea drillings bad enough but this is shocking...
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    The real question is : "Is that all they found?".

    Seriously, with what the Navy has dumped out there over the years...
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    Could be from WW2

    Mines were laid by the German Raider Orion in the Hauraki gulf, that's what sunk the Niagara in 1940
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  6. 7th March 2014, 19:07 #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by Banditbandit View Post
    Be very careful if you're going fishing in the Hauraki Gulf any time soon

    http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/newshom...-hauraki-gulf/
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    Hope they do! Then when they've hauled em home like they used to do with their waka, then they could be detonated, save us a heap o time kemo sabie!
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    Mines in the Hauraki Gulf

    Mines in the kitchen talking to her mum on the phone...oops just had a wee shake...
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    Quote Originally Posted by ellipsis View Post
    .oops just had a wee shake...
    Didn't feel a thing
    "If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."


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  11. 7th March 2014, 21:44 #11
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    ...Halswell 3.7...
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    Quote Originally Posted by oldrider View Post
    Maori might claim them .... they claim everything else is their's! (PT)
    okay. I dont know if youre trying to fuck with me, or hitcher, but that is just not cricket!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by ellipsis View Post
    ...Halswell 3.7...
    Halswell that ends well?
    I didn't think!!! I experimented!!!
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    and its a damn shame they dont attach live warheads/cattle to them and trebouchet them about the auckland area.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ellipsis View Post
    ..oops just had a wee shake...
    Me too.


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