NZ Disasters

By Jordyn_lee88

  • Wairau Affray

    -First NZ land war
    - 22 Europeans died

  • City of Dunedin's shipwreck

    • It was a 327-ton steamer
    • Wrecked in the Cook Strait.
    • Shailing from Wellington to Hokitika
    • Everyone died

  • Strongman Mine Diaster

    • Nz's largest underground coal mine
    • 19 men died

  • Brunner mine accident

    • 9.30 am
    • A big explosion deep in the mine
    • 65 people died

  • Mt Tarawera

    120 people died.

  • Ventnor Shipwreck

    • The ship hit a reef oof the coast of Taranaki early morning on the 27
    • The captain tried to make it to Auckland but the ship sank 10 meters off the Hokianga Heads on the 28.

  • Gallipoli

    • 130,000 men died

  • Influenza Epidemic

    • 50 million died

  • Napier Earthquake

    • At 10.47
    • 256 died

  • Mt Ruaehhu Air crash

    • Commander Max Hare and second officer Brain Rusell
    • The planes were ZK-AGK
    • Both died

  • Tangiwai Disaster

    • 10.21pm
    • Whangaehu River bridge collapsed beneath Wellington-to-Auckland express passenger train No. 626 at Tangiwai
    • 151 people died

  • Inguahua Earthquake

    • Most of the 185 people were killed in collapsed buildings

  • Wahine

    • The wahine course was from wellington to Lyttelton.
    • 51 people died

  • Rainbow Warrior

    • French secret service planted 2 bombs and sank it
    • 1 person died. A photographer