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Wahine Day (1973)
New Zealand National Film Unit presents Wahine Day (1973)
On 10 April 1968 the inter-island ferry (Lyttelton to Wellington) Wahine sank just inside Wellington Harbour with the total loss of 53 lives. Set in the framework of a memorial service for the shipwreck victims, the film evokes, with black and white flashbacks, the day of the storm in all its confusion and destruction.
Wahine survivors remember the day, 50 years on
Today marks fifty years since the Wahine inter-island ferry sank.
Described as being New Zealand's worst modern maritime disaster, the tragedy shocked the nation.
The South Today interviewed two of the survivors.
Wahine disaster remembered 50 years on
Today marks 50 years since the country's most tragic maritime disaster when the Wahine ferry struck Barrett Reef in Wellington Harbour and sank.
The tragedy caused the death of 53 people.
This morning survivors and family members those who lost their lives gathered at a dawn service in Wellington.
Te Ātiawa kaumātua Konga Reriti says, I have come this morning to support those commemorating this special day. Families who've suffered from this tragedy, including survivors of Wahine, have come to support today's memorial
Wellington Museum May 2018
Short Introduction to the Wellington Museum May 2018. Including temporary exhibition of the Wahine disaster April 10th, 1968.
Tangiwai Railway Disaster Memorial Unveiled 1989
(New Zealand) This story is taken from TVNZ's 'Holmes Show' and is about the dedication of a new memorial at the Tangiwai disaster site some 35 years after the 1953 tragedy. The reporter is John Hudson.
The official Tangiwai National Memorial, was unveiled at Karori Cemetery (Wellington) on 26 March 1957. Here, are buried the bodies of 16 people, including eight whose remains were never identified.
Over the years it was felt by many, that as time moved on, the disaster that took 151 lives was being forgotten. These concerns were eventually addressed with the dedication of a memorial at the actual disaster site in June 1989.
This memorial forms the centre piece of a popular motorists 'rest area' alongside Highway 49. This rest area became a major focal point after the 2007 lahar which brought the1953 event into the public mind again.
With 22 people who's bodies were never recovered, the disaster site deserves the same respect as a burial ground.
The 1953 Tangiwai disaster stands as New Zealand's worst rail accident. It occurred at 22:21 on 24 December 1953 after the rim of Mt Ruapehu's crater lake had collapsed, sending lahar (or flash flood) of ice and mud down the Whangaehu River and damaging the railway bridge at Tangiwai in the central North Island of New Zealand.
It is believed the lahar arrived at the bridge only minutes before 'train 626', a Wellington to Auckland overnight express, was approaching the river. The locomotive, Ka949 and first six carriages flew into the river, ultimately killing 151 people.
New Six60 Home, wellington 4 April 2013
New Six60 song 'Home', performed for the first time at Wellington St James, April 2013.
Pretty mint sound quality considering all the losers around me wanting to talk to their loser mates about their feelings rather than listen!
Tangiwhai Disaster Film
At 10.21 p.m. on Christmas Eve 1953 the Wellington--Auckland night express plunged into the flooded Whangaehu River at Tangiwai, 10 kilometres west of Waiouru in the central North Island. Of the 285 passengers and crew on board, 151 died in New Zealand's worst railway accident.
It was, at the time, the world's eighth-deadliest rail disaster and made headlines around the globe. The nation was stunned. With New Zealand's population at just over two million, many people had a direct relationship with someone involved in the tragedy.
The place name Tangiwai means 'weeping waters' in Maori. The timing of the accident added to the sense of tragedy. Most of those on the train were heading home for Christmas, armed with presents for friends and family. Those waiting to meet their loved ones at the various stations up the line had no sense of the tragedy unfolding on the volcanic plateau. Over the following days, searchers found many battered, mud-soaked presents, toys and teddy bears on the banks of the Whangaehu River.
This film was kindly supplied by the Fenwick Family of Napier. Looks like it was taken several days later.
Whanau reunion kutarere marae 2015
Part1
Tangiwai trailer
tangiwai.com
One of New Zealand's most heart-wrenching and powerful national stories is that of the 1953 Tangiwai railway disaster, which left 151 dead and a nation devastated. The television drama, TANGIWAI, tells the story of the famous cricketer, Bob Blair and his fiancé, Nerissa Love, whose young romance was shattered by the tragedy.
Wellington Cycle
Hope you enjoy!
35km cycle on a lovely winter afternoon that took just over an hour to complete around Wellington, New Zealand.
The cycle took me from the Wellington CBD, around Lambton Harbour, Oriental Bay, Evans Bay, around the Northern end of the Wellington International Airport, Shelly Bay, Kau Bay, Karaka Bays, Worser Bays, Breaker Bay, Reef Bay, past the Wahine Memorial Park, past Moa Point, around the Southern end of the Wellington International Airport, past Lyall Bay, through Kilbirnie, over Mt. Victoria, through Newtown, past the Basin Reserve then back around the Lambton Harbour and back into the Wellington CBD.
Just to name the major places!
I was experimenting with different ways of capturing this type of video and normal recording is generally very shaky due to tri-bike with carbon fiber frame and 120psi ties unless on very smooth roads...
1 picture was taken per second using the GoPro Hero 3: Black Edition
Nancy Gibbs - 2015 John F. Kennedy Fellow
Managing Editor of TIME Magazine Nancy Gibbs, the first woman to hold this position, spent a week in New Zealand in late July as the 2015 Kennedy Fellow, and the 19th Fellow on this biennial program. The John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship was created following the death of President John F. Kennedy, for the purpose of bringing eminent Americans to New Zealand for speaking and teaching engagements in honor of the late President. The Fellowship is administered by Fulbright New Zealand, and executed in partnership with the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade and the Embassy of the United States of America, Wellington. During her week in New Zealand, Nancy Gibbs delivered two public lectures ‘our tools, our brains, our souls: the transformations of technology’, spoke on women in leadership in conversation with Mrs. Nancy Gilbert, wife of U.S. Ambassador Mark Gilbert at a luncheon, met with alumni of Fulbright and Department of State Programs, and talked with several New Zealand Media outlets.
Te Hikoi - The Journey
This is a digital story of Christine Waitai-Rapana's journey around Aotearoa with the First Nations of Turtle Island. The destinations were as follows: Whanganui - for the Tu Kaha Health Conference; Wellington - the Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa; Parihaka Marae; New Plymouth - Tu Tama Wahine, Tu Tama Tane; Rotorua - Polynesian Spa; Gisborne - Te Pakowhai Marae, Te Pakowhai Kohanga Reo, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Nga Uri a Maui, the White Cliffs, Waioeka Gorge; Opotiki; Whakatane - Awanuiarangi; Auckland - Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Hoani Waititi, Auckland University, Otara Markets: featuring Te Atawhai o te Ao Independent Maori Institute for Environment and Health staff; the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute Seattle Staff, Washington; Members of the Choctaw nation and Iwi from all around Aotearoa.
Acknowledgements: To all those who played an important role in organising this unforgettable journey. The music in the video clip: Maisey Rika - Tangaroa Whakamautai, Maroon 5 - One more Night, (Miriama Cribb, Tetana Oguara, Michelle, Ahni, Alaya and Pela Johnson Jennings) for singing E Rere at the Auckland Airport - thank you Morvin Simon (composer, leader and teacher from the Awa) for allowing us to sing your song around the country. I would also like to acknowledge Kereama Te Ua for his patu rendition. Thank you to those on the Journey for sharing your photos. Finally thank you to all those who played an important role in organising and making this unforgettable journey happen. Tena koutou katoa!
Hinerangi - National War Memorial Sculpture, by Darcy Nicholas
The Making of the Hinerangi Sculpture at the Buckle Street War Memorial in Wellington City.
Occult Wellington, NZ - Part 1
Link to Part 2: Esoteric sites visited by halfasheep. Pyramids and pillars!!! Who would have guessed!
Sarina Fiso and the Manurewa Marlins Wahine
Sarina Fiso and the Manurewa Marlins Wahine team show their support for the Papanui Tigers
Private flight over Wellington, NZ
The best thing to do in Wellington. Rent a plane and have your Dutch friend fly it.
Nga Wahine Kopikopi. This event took place at the annual regatta event hosted by Turangawaewae Marae
via YouTube Capture