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Cave Creek 20 years on ~ Remembering A Tragedy

Cave Creek 20 years on ~ Remembering A Tragedy
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Cave Creek 20 years on ~ Remembering A Tragedy
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Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Ara Flickr
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Kotihotiho, or Cave Creek, is a quiet and beautiful limestone gorge, deep in the rainforest of the Paparoa National Park, but 20 years ago today, it was the scene of a terrible disaster, when a poorly constructed viewing platform collapsed into the gorge, resulting in the deaths of fourteen people, and serious injury and trauma to four others. ...

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Date created
2015-04-19
Creator
Steve Reekie
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Te Ara Flickr Pool
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/30798443@N02/17293760862/in/pool-teara/
Locations
Punakaiki,
Related subjects
Aotearoa / New Zealand / New Zealand Wild / Nature / New Zealand Nature / Wild / West Coast / Wilderness / wild New Zealand / Wonderland Aotearoa / wild Aotearoa / Buller / Cave Creek / Paparoas / Paparoa National Park / Limestone / Landscape / Forest / rainforest / stream / Creek / river / Rocks / green / Moss / Mossy / Gorge / canyon / cave / Cave Creek Disaster / 20th Anniversary / Kotihotiho / Steve Reekie / photography / Steve Reekie photography / New Zealand photography / New Zealand nature photography / New Zealand Geographic / National Geographic / view / vista / scenic / scenery / scenic New Zealand / beauty / bush / native bush / logs / #GreatNature / #beautiful / #stunning / #gorgeous

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