Second ordnance found on Hibiscus Coast in two weeks
Police and Defence Force have responded to another ordnance discovery on the Hibiscus Coast, the second in as many weeks.
An ordnance was found in the Stillwater area and police were alerted at 9am. The Defence Force disposed of the item. This marks the second such discovery in the region within two weeks, following a military explosive device found by a 12-year-old girl at a nearby beach.
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Newstalk ZB
Defence Force respond to new Stillwater ordnance discovery
Another ordnance has been found on the Hibiscus Coast just two weeks after a 12-year-old girl found a military explosive device while exploring rocks at a nearby beach.
NZ Herald
Police, Defence Force respond to Stillwater ordnance discovery, second within weeks
Police were alerted at 9am to the latest ordnance find in Stillwater.
RNZ
Defence Force bomb squad called out after ordnance discovered in Auckland
The New Zealand Defence Force disposed of the item, police say.