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Air New Zealand plane fuselage on Mt Erebus
Only one portion of the fuselage of the Air New Zealand DC-10 remained intact on the icy slopes of Mt Erebus.
22 February 2011 earthquake internment site
Internment site at Avondale Cemetery, Christchurch, is for those killed in the 22 February 2011 Canterbury earthquake
Ballantyne's fire memorial
Memorial to the 41 people who lost their lives in the 1947 fire at Ballantyne's store in Christchurch
Bere Ferrers rail accident
Ten New Zealand soldiers were killed when they were hit by a train at Bere Ferrers in the United Kingdom. The accident occurred as troops from the 28th Reinforcements, NZEF, were being transported from Plymouth to Sling Camp on Salisbury Plain.
Rail tragedy on the Rimutaka Incline
Four children were killed and 13 adults injured when two rail carriages were blown off the tracks by severe winds on a notoriously exposed part of the Rimutaka Incline railway. This was the first major loss of life on New Zealand’s railways.
The wreck of the Sophia Pate
The fate of the brig Sophia Pate, wrecked on a sandbar at the entrance to the Kaipara Harbour with the loss of 21 lives, highlighted the dangers early migrants to New Zealand faced in poorly charted coastal waters.
Frank Zalot - a survivor's tale
In this film Frank Zalot Jnr remembers the terrrible tragedy that saw 10 of his US Navy ship-mates killed off Paekakariki in June 1943
Hyde railway disaster memorial
The memorial cairn to the 21 people killed in the Hyde railway tragedy of 4 June 1943.
Murchison and Īnangahua quakes - roadside stories
Dramatic landslides, rock falls and waterfalls are the legacy of the two massive earthquakes that hit the Buller region in the 20th century
US Navy tragedy at Paekākāriki
Ten United States Navy personnel were drowned off the Paekākāriki coast near Wellington during a beach landing exercise.
US Navy tragedy memorial
Memorial a the Second World War US Navy tragedy at Paekakariki
RNZAF flight after Christchurch earthquake
Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) personnel board a RNZAF C-130 Hercules at Ōhakea air base
Three die in Īnangahua earthquake
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake centred near Īnangahua Junction, 40 km east of Westport, struck at 5.24 a.m., shaking many people from their beds.
The dangers of coal - roadside stories
Video about coal mining disasters on the West Coast
Loss of the City of Dunedin with all hands
The paddle steamer City of Dunedin departed Wellington at around 5 p.m. on Saturday 20 May. It was never heard from again and no trace was ever found of its 25 crew and at least 22 passengers.
Wreck of the General Grant
Sailing from Melbourne to London, the General Grant hit cliffs on the west coast of the main island in the subantarctic Auckland Islands. Fifteen of the 83 people on board survived the sinking, but only ten of these were ultimately rescued 18 months later.
Avalanche kills two workers at the Homer Tunnel
D.P. Hulse and T.W. Smith were both killed when the second avalanche to hit the Homer tunnel project in less than 12 months struck without warning.
131 perish in worst civilian shipwreck in NZ waters
The steamer Tararua, en route from Port Chalmers to Melbourne, struck a reef at Waipapa Point, Southland. Of the 151 passengers and crew on board, 131 were lost including 12 women and 14 children.
Mangatepopo canyoning disaster
Six students and one teacher from Elim College died in a flash flood while canyoning in the Mangatepopo Stream, Tongariro National Park.
News of Titanic loss reaches NZ
Although no New Zealanders were aboard the world’s largest ship when it sank in the chilly North Atlantic with appalling loss of life due to a lack of lifeboats, they followed the news closely.

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