1931 Hawkes Bay Earthquake
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The 1931 Hawkes Bay Earthquake caused mass destruction across the Hawkes Bay region, mainly the city of Napier. The disaster resulted in over 256 deaths.
![Image: Hawkes Bay Disaster [1931 Napier Earthquake] (1965)](https://thumbnailer.digitalnz.org/?resize=770x&src=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fhut7O3xwnHo%2Fhqdefault.jpg&resize=368%253E "Hawkes Bay Disaster [1931 Napier Earthquake] (1965)")
Video - (1931 Hawkes Bay Earthquake) 1965
Reliable source, because it shows the aftermath of the disaster through film.
Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Napier Earthquake - Emerson Street afire
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Hawke's Bay earthquake 1931
National Library of New Zealand
Wharf damage in Napier, caused by the 1931 Hawkes Bay earthquake
Alexander Turnbull Library
Newspaper - Hawkes Bay Earthquake - (04/02/1931)
Very reliable source, as it was released the day after the disaster.
National Library of New Zealand
TRAGIC SCENES IN HAWKES BAY NAPIER AFTER EARTHQUAKE (Evening Post, 05 February 1931)
National Library of New Zealand
Hawke's Bay's big shake - Roadside Stories
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage