Disasters New Zealand
A DigitalNZ Story by National Library of New Zealand Topics
Explore the impact and timelines of natural and man-made disasters in New Zealand like Wahine, Tangiwai, Erebus, and the Napier and Christchurch earthquakes. Also covered are Civil Defence, support systems and survival stories. SCIS no. 1807259
The Erebus story
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The Tarawera eruption
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The Mt Tarawera eruption
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The eruption of Mt Tarawera - roadside stories
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Te Wairoa school after the Tarawera eruption
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Wahine Disaster
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Pike River Mine disaster 2010
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Wahine disaster 45 years on
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Brunner coal mine disaster
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A Wahine rescue mission
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Heroes of the Wahine disaster
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Wahine disaster prompts life-saving services
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Earthquake stories
Numerous stories, some of survival, after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
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The 1918 influenza epidemic
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Telegram from King George V
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Abbotsford landslide
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The Brynderwyn Hill bus crash
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New Zealand disasters timeline
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Measles epidemic
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New Zealand volcanologist in Paris
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Disaster kit
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New Zealand epidemics
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Preparation for a disaster
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Schoolgirl honoured for tsunami beach warning
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The heroes of the Christchurch earthquake
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Christchurch Cathedral
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Scientists prepare for lake Taupo eruption
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The Tangiwai disaster
On Christmas Eve, 1953 the swollen Whangaehu River swept away the Tangiwai bridge. The approaching Wellington-Auckland night express rolled onto the damaged bridge. The engine and five carriages plunged off the bridge and into the river killing 151 passengers. Moments later the sixth carriage dropped into the water.
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Disaster forecast
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Christchurch cathedral ruins
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185 Empty Chairs art installation
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Explosive Ruapehu
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Volcanoes: Pacific Ring of Fire
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Influenza pandemic 1918
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Insurance: Disaster insurance
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Safest place to live in NZ
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Pandemic planning and response
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New Zealand disasters
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Rena oil spill gives clean up practise
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Volcanic landforms
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Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management
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Accidents & Disasters
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Eruption of Mount Ruapehu - Photograph taken by Phil Reid
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Geonet provides the latest geological hazard information in New Zealand.
Welcome to Geonet
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New Zealand’s largest earthquakes.
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A report says a sharemarket crash is the biggest disaster risk to New Zealand not an earthquake or volcanic eruption.
New Zealand's biggest threat revealed
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When Disaster strikes: collected disaster stories
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Disaster activities
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Whakaari (White Island) ash cloud, 2019
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Living with disaster: warning for Kiwis - be ready for the big one
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Cyclone Bola - March 1988
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Tsunami wiped out historic knowledge
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Tale of two recovering cities
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PIKE RIVER MINE. "Our darkest hour" 25 November 2010
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State of emergency in the Nelson fire region
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Whakaari: New Zealand’s volcano tragedy
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Wahine Disaster
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The Brunner disaster
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Tragedy on White Island
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Wahine: Ada’s story
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Christchurch earthquake survivors ten years on
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The wreck of the Rena
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Kaimai Ranges plane crash
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Quake, rattle and roll
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Health and natural hazards
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Tangiwai disaster
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Ruins of McRae's Hotel, Te Wairoa, destroyed during the 1886 Tarawera eruption
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Extreme Weather
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