This Site is dedicated to all those families of the people that have tragically disappeared on flights in and around New Zealand. I only hope that from all the effort in building this site and from all the effort of those taking part in this venture, that it will bear fruit in bringing ‘closure’ to their memories!
Gavin Grimmer
Why this area we now know the sleepers existed in was never shown, we will probably
never know but according to some of the photos readily available at the time, this
line direction was very well used. If they had done their homework properly, they
would surely have included this area in the GPR Survey?
Harrysone, please forgive my ignorance in this, but I have always wondered how it
would be possible to 'glue' this scoria together without showing evidence of the
use of cement, and you may have answered that question. If each layer was heated
and shoveled on top of the previous different coloured layer, then according to your
advice it would weld together in-situ? If this is correct, it actually sounds easier
to do than what I previously thought!
Another thing is by what I've been told, the powers that be have always refused Ground
Penetrating Radar to be used on this cliff face. If this is the case, what have they
got to lose if there is nothing to hide?
While we are the subject of cemented scoria, notice what these three eye witnesses
have to say:
“Further round from Torpedo Yard was another small entrance which also went in a
long way and had a single grill door on it. It was about 10 ft above high water mark
in the cliff below the houses.”
“Another small entrance/exit near the swimming pool which was at the base of the
hill near the boat sheds”
“Round by Torpedo Bay I remember going into a small entrance hole which had a big
Pohutakawa tree growing next to it. I walked through this tunnel 15 -20 yds before
coming to a large room about 10-12' high.”
They may well be referring to this small entrance that is still there today: 
Note the trench dug through the rock/oyster beds leading up to this entrance.
