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Image: Wahine sinking in Wellington Harbour (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22327912) by Dominion post. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Library (modified from original).
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Wahine disaster 1968

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

The Wahine was a ferry that ran between Lyttelton and Wellington. In 1968, the ferry sank in a severe storm just off the coast of Wellington. Over fifty peop...

Entry last updated: 18/04/23
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Image: Air New Zealand McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 ZK-NZP at London Heathrow Airport, July 1977 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Air_New_Zealand_DC-10-30_ZK-NZP_LHR_Jul_1977.png) by Eduard Marmet on Wikimedia Commons.
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Erebus disaster 1979

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

The Erebus disaster is considered New Zealand's worst air accident. On 28 November 1979, Air New Zealand flight TE901 crashed on the slopes of Mount Erebus d...

Entry last updated: 7/07/22
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Image: Ruins of the Napier Nurses Home after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23112999?search%5Bpath%5D=photos&search%5Btext%5D=1%2F2-002952-F) by [unknown]. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Collection.
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Hawke's Bay earthquake 1931

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

The Hawke's Bay Earthquake (also known as the Napier Earthquake) occurred on the morning of Tuesday 3 February 1931. The quake devastated the region, injured...

Entry last updated: 22/07/22
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Image: 274 Newspaper at Tyndall Field, Florida WWII (https://www.flickr.com/photos/rich701/5967179749/) by [unknown] on Flickr.
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World War Two (primary sources)

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Primary sources are things like letters, diaries, photos, poems and other documents written during the war or soon after by people who were involved in it. T...

Entry last updated: 26/05/22
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