Wahine Disaster (10 '68)
A DigitalNZ Story by Duncan Roper
The sinking of the Lyttelton–Wellington ferry Wahine on 10 April 1968 was one of New Zealand's worst modern maritime disasters, fifty-one people lost their lives on that tragic day
The Disaster
Wahine Disaster
DigitalNZ
Wahine disaster 1968
National Library of New Zealand
The Wahine foundering
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Recovery
Lifeboat at Wahine disaster
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Wahine survivors at Seatoun wharf
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Survivors of the Wahine disaster
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Wahine disaster rescue story
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Wahine disaster survivors at Seatoun, Wellington
Alexander Turnbull Library
Lifeboat from Wahine landing on Seatoun beach
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Collapsed life-rafts from the Wahine
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Police assisting Wahine survivors
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Memoralization
