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On April 10th 1968 the Lyttelton–Wellington ferry Wahine ran aground and sank at the entrance to Wellington Harbour. 53 people died. This news piece features aerial footage of the ship after the storm, and NZBC reporters (including a young Keith Aberdein) conduct dramatic interviews with survivors, police and the head of the Union Steam Ship Company. Coverage was only seen by South Islanders after a cameraman rushed up to Kaikoura and filmed a TV set that could receive a signal from Wellington - then returned to Christchurch so the footage could be broadcast.
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Television, 2006 (Excerpts)
A documentary series looking at government accident investigators
Television, 2000 (Full Length)
A doco about the sinking of the Mikhail Lermontov
Television, 1974 (Full Length)
The first episode's subject is famous shipwreck deterent: the lighthouse
Television, 1996 (Excerpts)
A Greenstone documentary about the story of the Rose Noelle
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Ross
Posted at 10.15PM - 27.03.2010
I think the baby girl in the second clip is Joanna Brittain. Went to school with her at Whakatane high school 1982