WWII Arrived Just Five Kilometres From Our Coast – 25th June 1941
On 25 June 1941, a German minelayer named ‘Adjutant’ (pictured) successfully laid 10 mines at the entrance of Lyttelton Harbour without anyone knowing. We only found out through captured German papers four years later. They were buried between 16 to 22 metres deep and the nearest was just 5km from the coast line, near Godley …
