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New Zealand Oil Just started with CNG in 1984 along with LPG and condensate from Maui and Kapanui. In addition Marsden Point has been a refinery since 1961 and was in process of updrade in 1984. So CNG is a possibility provided that Impco gear from California and Laverdo Gear from Italy can be...

Structural Change I consider that the structural change would have still taken place looking back at the various government entities that were privatised I would have considered this to have changed regardless whom was in power. Accordingly if that structural change had not taken place we would...

Go to google earth and look at the lagoon of Diego Garcia and see the stocked marine expeditionary on ships already to go

Every single round was accounted for and an invoice duly sent to the NZ government

West Coast Defeat One wonders whom supplied coal for the Gas plants of Wellington and Auckland when a lot of the miners were killed, the seaman on the K boats, and the watersiders were locked up for being red....seems Wellington and Auckland would have frozen. I also recall it took Heaphy 3...

So I am In Whangarehi Living at Whananaki...wonder if neighbour Winston Peters happened to be at his parents place when it went off.. John Banks would be in Whangarehi along with David Carter.... Onerahi,Keri Keri and Kaitaia Airports would be open.

Where will Parliament be? Perhaps University of Canterbury or Lincoln University?

Issues About that stage Sylvia Park had the unimogs and RL's being delivered hopefully they have been dispersed to units. Its a pity about 1 RNZIR in Singapore.

West Coast I wonder if the passes will be blown...would not take much and there is rather a lot of explosives hanging around in the coal mines. Harbour approaches to Westport and Greymouth still have intact coastal batteries.

Mobilisation So 1 2 and 3 brigade (-) have been mobilised presumably to Hopu Hopu, Linton and Burnham so they are intact. RNZAF dispersal to Nelson Westport Waiuoru Taupo Alexandra Kaitaia. Depot level maintenance at Woodburne and the strike wing at Ohakea are still active. Navy convoy control...

Slater and the NZ Truth I wonder what the headlines in the NZ Truth are like and whether Sid Holland like with the editor is common knowledge...history repeats!

Sidney Sidney Steak and Kidney Subscribed

East HMNZS Coral Sea for the Battle of Coral Sea closed the door....

Kiwi NZ Army 1 Div NZ Territorial Unit Home Defence 2 Div NZ Currently on Crete ATL destined SEA ATL? 3 Div training for SEA OTL? RNZAF 25 Sqadrons OTL Pacific now ALT? NZ Navy Archilles, Leander, Gambia ALT? Just Wondering:confused:

Meanwhile on The West Coast Of Th South Island We in the Republic of the West Coast have had a day of brilliant sunshine and feel for New Zealand whom is cut off from the West Coast by snow on the passes...we hope NZ is alright and keeping warm!