Tangiwai disaster 70th anniversary

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Tangiwai disaster 70th anniversary

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Radio New Zealand

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Radio New Zealand

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On Christmas Eve 1953, 151 passengers lost their lives when a train travelling between Wellington and Auckland derailed into a river in Tangiwai. It is still New Zealand's worst rail disaster. This Sunday is the official ceremony to mark the seventieth anniversary of the disaster. John Mahy was on the train that night, and narrowly avoided being in one of the carriages that fell into the river. He spoke to Ben Strang.

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Audio

Date created

19 January 2024

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Morning Report

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https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018922624/tangiwai-disaster-70th-a...

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