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Descent from Disaster

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Retrace some of NZ's darkest days to reveal the stories, secrets and lessons learnt from our most famous disasters. 

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16th July 2013 - 31st December 2015
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Hyde Train Crash - 1943 Still
Hyde Train Crash - 1943
16th July 2013

Episode 1

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Kaimai Plane Crash - 1963 Still
Kaimai Plane Crash - 1963
23rd July 2013

Episode 2

On July 3rd 1963, a National Airways Corporation DC3 slammed into a rocky ravine deep in the Kaimai Ranges. All 23 passengers and crew were killed. Simon Gault looks back at this tragic story.

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Strongman Mine Disaster - 1967
30th July 2013

Episode 3

West Coast's Leigh Hart revisits his old hometown of Runanga, where in 1967,it was one of several West Coast towns devastated by the Strongman Mine disaster.

Shipwreck of the S.S. Wairarapa - 1894 Still
Shipwreck of the S.S. Wairarapa - 1894
6th August 2013

Episode 4

135 people lost their lives when the S.S. Wairarapa steamed straight into rocks on Great Barrier Island. Andrew Fagan uncovers the stories of heroism and downright cowardice on that tragic night.

Hawkes Bay Earthquake - 1931 Still
Hawkes Bay Earthquake - 1931
13th August 2013

Episode 5

The Hawkes Bay Earthquake of 1931 is New Zealand's deadliest earthquake with over 250 people killed and hundreds more injured. Gary McCormick looks back at this tragic event.

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Influenza Pandemic - 1918
20th August 2013

Episode 6

In 1918, 8500 New Zealanders lost their lives in a influenza pandemic that swept the world, Judy Bailey investigates the affect it had on New Zealand.

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