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1 - Sunday morning saw these two Japanese warships parked out in the harbour
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2 - they had some sort of open day on Tuesday, but I had real work all day...
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3 - ...but braved the rain and gloom in the evening to take a look. It was good timing, because as I was watching, they played the New Zealand national anthem over the loudspeakers (it was awful) and the sailor standing on the bow saluted.
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