Pill Boxes

We were surprised to round the coast on one of our walks to find a pill box perched on the cliffside. For a moment, it felt like we were back in Northern France.


Pill boxes were built around the Hauraki Gulf after Japan entered the Second World War. German raiders had already laid mines in the area and sunk a liner and a freighter. No guns were ever fired in anger from the fortifications but a fishing boat was once shelled and sunk by accident.