Disasters, Man-Made

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Human error or negligence can sometimes lead to accidents, loss of life, environmental damage, disasters, and widespread social disruption. Find related resources on issues like preparedness, identifying hazards and safety. SCIS no. 1819493

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Image: Remembering Erebus

Remembering Erebus

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Dr Michel Boufadel

Dr Michel Boufadel

Radio New Zealand

Columbia disaster

Lost on re-entry: the Columbia disaster

University of Canterbury Library

The Hindenburg disaster

THE HINDENBURG DISASTER (Evening Post, 08 May 1937)

National Library of New Zealand

Descent from disaster

Descent from Disaster

NZ On Screen

Image: London's Great Fire memorial

London's great fire memorial

London's Great Fire memorial

Radio New Zealand

Image: Continued climate change to devastate NZ

NZ to be devastated by continuing climate change

Continued climate change to devastate NZ

TV3

Nuclear test victims remembered

Tahiti nuclear test victims remembered

Radio New Zealand

Image: Environmentalists say Fukushima 'slow motion Chernobyl'

Fukushima 'slow motion Chernobyl'

Environmentalists say Fukushima 'slow motion Chernobyl'

Radio New Zealand

Air Disaster

AIR DISASTER (Evening Post, 11 February 1937)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Erebus crash site map

Erebus crash site map

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Pike River mine disaster

Pike River mine disaster

Pike River mine disaster

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Mine 29 Shrine. 18 January 2011

Mine 29 Shrine. 18 January 2011

Alexander Turnbull Library

California oil spill

Workers scramble to clean California oil spill

Radio New Zealand

Image: Columbia crew lost. "We've had a bad day." Jan/Feb 2003.

Columbia crew lost

Columbia crew lost. "We've had a bad day." Jan/Feb 2003.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Great Fire in Chicago

GREAT FIRE IN CHICAGO. (Evening Post, 09 November 1871)

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Aral Sea : The Uzbekistan Side

Aral sea

Aral Sea : The Uzbekistan Side

Radio New Zealand

Image: Cave Creek inquiry

Cave Creek inquiry

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- : Never!! Can't happen!! [1 May 1986].

Never!! can't happen!!

Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- : Never!! Can't happen!! [1 May 1986].

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: View of the Seacliff Mental Hospital, circa 1926.

Seacliff mental hospital

View of the Seacliff Mental Hospital, circa 1926.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Welcome to Chernobyl. 16 June 2012

Welcome to Chernobyl

Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Welcome to Chernobyl. 16 June 2012

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: WRECK OF THE TITANIC. (Mataura Ensign 18-4-1912)

Wreck of the Titanic

WRECK OF THE TITANIC. (Mataura Ensign 18-4-1912)

National Library of New Zealand

Design4Disaster

Services to Schools

Bulli mine disaster

Services to Schools

The Titanic

Services to Schools

The Aral sea crisis

Services to Schools

Kaimai crash

Services to Schools

Challenger disaster

Services to Schools

Image: Doyle, Martin, 1956- :Fish off at Fukushima. 12 August 2013

Fish off at Fukushima

Doyle, Martin, 1956- :Fish off at Fukushima. 12 August 2013

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Owners say Solomons mine is an environmental disaster

Solomon Islands gold ridge gold mine

Owners say Solomons mine is an environmental disaster

Radio New Zealand

Image: Nuclear disasters

Nuclear disasters

National Library of New Zealand

Iwi and kaimoana

Services to Schools

Image: Pike River Mine disaster 2010

Pike River Mine disaster 2010

National Library of New Zealand

Kamai crash

Services to Schools

EPIC

Services to Schools