Anchor Waikato or Tui (Tutukaka)
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In the entrance to Tutukaka you will find many a part of sunken ships. Have an explore.
Natural beauty abounds on the Tutukaka Coast. Rocky shores, and pristine white sand beaches, stunning coastal bush walks, and the incredible Poor Knights Marine Reserve. With cuisine, art, accommodation, shopping and activities to suit almost everyone, it's no wonder that the Tutukaka Coast was voted as one of the 'Top Ten Must-Do's in New Zealand'.
The cache is hidden near one of the two large anchors on display in the entrance of parking area.
I am unsure of which anchor the cache is near, and if someone can let me know, would be appreciated.
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Info about the boats follows:
The Waikato
113 metres long, 28 metres deep, upright and listing to port, on a sandy bottom with schooling fish and encrusting life, the ex-HMNZS Waikato is an adventure playground for divers.
The frigate ex HMNZS Waikato was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, Ireland, launched on February 18 1966, and commissioned into the Royal New Zealand Navy in September, 1966. The first Leander for the RNZN she was a Batch 2 Leander. She sailed from Portsmouth 8 April 1967 and arrived in her home port at Mount Maunganui 2 June 1967.
At 113.4m long, 12.5m beam and a draft of 5.5m she was the first of the Leander class frigates built for the navy. She had a top speed of 30 knots, and was powered by twin steam turbines developing 30,000hp.
The Waikato was armed to the teeth, sporting twin 4.5in guns in the turret, two 20mm Orlikeon machine guns on the wings, a quad Seacat anti-aircraft missile launcher, six 12.75m anti-submarine torpedo tubes, one anti-submarine warfare Limbo mortar Mark 10 and a Wasp Helicopter capable of delivering depth charges and the Mark 46 anti-submarine torpedo.
She served in East Asia, in the Middle East, and went to Bougainville.
She served the RNZ Navy until decommissioning in 1998. Tutukaka Coast won the tender and prepared the ship for divers during 1999/2000.
Finally the ship was sent to her final resting place on the 25th of November 2000 in a record time of 2 min 40 seconds.
She now rests in water 28m deep on 35, 39.165 South and 174, 32.670 East.
The Waikato had the honour of being the first Leander class frigates to built for the Navy, and she was the first purpose-sunk Leander frigate in the Southern Hemisphere.
Her turret and one propeller were left on the ship.
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The Tui
Lying broken on her side at 32 metres, the Tui is renown for large schools of golden snapper, and beautiful Jason’s nudibranchs on hydroid trees.
The former HMNZS Tui is resting at 34-58.8 South and 174-32.29 East at a depth of 32m of water. She began life as the Charles H Davis working on Hydrographic research for an American university.
For the last 17 years of her working life she was leased out by the United States Navy to become the HMNZS Tui, deployed on naval hydrographic work. She was also sent to Mururoa to observe the last series of French Nuclear bomb tests in the South Pacific, and became the unofficial mothership to a large international protest fleet.
Her displacement was 1,200 tons standard, and her length was 64 metres. A beam of 11.4 metres and a draught of 4.7 metres, she was powered by a 1-shaft diesel electric, 10,000 bhp (7400 kW) but interestingly enough her one 620 hp (420kW = 6.5 kts) gas engine was housed in the funnel for quiet running during sound experiments.She had a 175 hp bow thruster and a top speed of 13.5 knots, and a complement of 36 plus up to 10 scientists. The Tui was unarmed.
The Tui was gifted to Tutukaka Coast Promotions after long negotiations, prepared for her new role as a dive attraction and sunk off Tutukaka on the 20th of February 1999.
In February 2009, to mark the Tenth Anniversary of the sinking, her anchor was raised (at 3 and a half tons) with the help of the New Zealand Navy boat, Manawanui, and the local community have erected a monument in the Tutukaka Marina.
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