SeapixOnlineDisplaying 1 of 1 HMNZS KAHU (A04) a Royal New Zealand Navy inshore patrol craft, Auckland, NZ. Built in NZ in 1979 as HMNZS MANAWANUI (AO9). Decommissioned 2009. She was converted into the superyacht KAHU by Fitzroy YAcht of New Plymouth, NZ. She was arrested in 2021 by UK Border Force in an international drug smuggling operation and towed into the UK south coast port of Plymouth.https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/six-arrested-in-225-million-drug-bust-on-former-nz-navy-vessel/WKHEOVZR3D57SPDSRJC5CWOMFY/ Keywords: hmnzs kahu, ao4, hmnzs manawanui, ao9, kahu, whangarei engineering, fitzroy yachts, dive tender, inshore patrol craft, private yacht, drug smuggling, uk border force, cocaine, plymouth, auckland, new zealand, nz | 
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