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1930s. In 1933 the New Zealand Government instigated a modernisation program of the New Zealand Military Forces, which included the construction of new coastal defenses at Wellington. Under advice from the War Office in the United Kingdom, 9.2 inch guns were approved in 1934 and the Wrights Hill site selected. The anticipated cost of the proposed three-gun battery, however, proved to be too much and the decision was made to instead construct a smaller 6-inch gun battery

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