But last nights reexamination of the wahine interisland ferry sinking in april 1968 inside story. Television coverage of the disaster later won an international world news film award. Disaster stock footage royalty free disaster stock. Apr 07, 2018 reporter chris morris speaks to three men with otago links a crew member, a passenger and a rescuer about new zealands worst modern maritime disaster. Wahine disaster main facts, ideas for presentation, what do i want to find out. They were blown across the harbour towards eastbourne beach, an area with difficult access. Many of the fatalties were of elderly people and young children who struggled to swim in the best of weather let alone rough seas. Wahine survivors share memories of foundering ferry. Wahine disaster 45 years on recognition for 53rd wahine victim exsoldier wants to find the boy he helped rescue during wahine disaster the significance of the wahine. Attempts were made to salvage the wahine but storms the following month broke up the wreck. Below are a number of resources to help you research the sinking of the wahine in greater detail. Apr 08, 2018 on the 10 april 1968, the wahine capsized in wellington harbour with 735 people on board.
Despite being close to shore, the weather made it impossible for rescuers to reach the ship from land. It was a wet, cold and grey day in wellington harbour, but it didnt dampen the spirits of those marking the 50th anniversary of the wahine disaster. Mar 19, 2008 the wahine disaster wahine disaster 40 years ago marked the interisland ferry wahine sank almost 40 ago in wellington harbour on april 10 1968, with the loss of 51 lives. Search for wahine disaster and look through the different tabs of results. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. On the day of the disaster the wahine was luckily not carrying any livestock. As the canopied rubber rafts approached the shore waves as high as 6 m capsized them and many lives were lost at this time.
No nakua tonu nei i rongo korero ai matou i te taura whiri mo te wa o te wahine maori kei te whakaritea mai e te ohu whakatupu, ara, e te wahanga maori o te minitatanga mo nga wahine hm 41993. Wahine disaster in new zealand encyclopedia titanica. The ships hull was severely damaged causing the ship to list to the starboard. Plans announced for 50th anniversary of wahine disaster. Only eight police officers were initially able to get down to eastbourne and they coordinated most of the early rescue activity followed by one. With more than 50 lives lost, this was new zealands worst modern maritime disaster. Tev wahine was a twinscrew, turboelectric, rollonrolloff passenger and vehicle ferry. Jul 18, 2002 but last nights reexamination of the wahine interisland ferry sinking in april 1968 inside story. The wahine disaster paperback january 1, 1974 by max lambert and jim hartley author 5. Free disaster stock video footage licensed under creative commons, open source, and more. The tide swung the wahine beam on to the wind providing some shelter on the starboard side. These news features include aerial footage of the ship after the storm, and nzbc reporters conducting dramatic interviews with survivors, police and the head of the union steam.
Wahine made this overnight trip six times a week, three in each direction. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Try video results to find original clips and more recent documentaries about the disaster. The pride of the new zealand merchant fleet, the union steam ship company vessel tev wahine zmgw, was berthed at the south island port of lyttleton preparing for the regular overnight crossing to wellington. The wahine disaster 8 apr 20 sharon barbour is a bbc journalist and filmmaker who has spent a good portion of her life putting together the various parts of the tragic story of the wahine. This april marks the 45th anniversary of the sinking of the ferry wahine.
The wahine disaster wahine disaster nzhistory, new. She was launched in 1965, at the fairfield shipbuilding and engineering company in govan, scotland, and worked the new zealand interisland route between wellington and lyttelton from 1966. This video was created by archives new zealand in 20 for the 45th anniversary of the disaster. Queenstown artist kate watson had waited 40 years to embrace another survivor from the doomed interisland ferry wahine she was just 18 and travelling on a ship for the first time when the wahine struck a reef and foundered during a violent storm at the entrance to wellington harbour on april 10, 1968 the disaster claimed 51 lives, but she escaped the icy waters and her parents whisked her. Up next tev wahine disaster 20th anniversary 1988 duration. A total of 51 people on board died that day, and two others died due to their injuries making it new zealands worst modern maritime disaster. Nzbc classics wahine disaster on 10 april 1968 the lytteltonwellington ferry wahine ran aground and sank at the entrance to wellington harbour. The wahine seemed to be moving slowly backwards towards the rocks from the view from the shore. For the best experience please update your browser. She was launched in 1965, at the fairfield shipbuilding and engineering company in govan, scotland, and. Hes 75 now, retired, and enjoying the comfort of the late summer sun streaming into his port chalmers home. National film unit director sam pillsbury uses archive. The following websites give you a great overview of the wahine disaster.
On 10 april 1968, near the end of a routine northbound overnight. Wahine sinking wellington region te ara encyclopedia of. Highlights from the 25 cg shots that were completed by linden kirkby art director, belle barber, jason bell and sam scott. The wahine was within sight of the shore and a large number of other vessels, including a smaller ferry, the aramoana, stood by to pick up those in rafts. He just missed being crushed when the launch came back and hit the wahine.
May 11, 2016 select disaster videos historic and contemporary, chosen by the members of the world disaster alliance. Sinking of the wahine remains new zealands worst modern maritime disaster with fiftyone people losing their lives to exposure during severe storm after the order to abandon ship on 10 april 1968. Over fifty people died, making it one of the worst maritime disasters in new zealands history general websites. Ten weeks after the disaster a court of inquiry was set up. Select disaster videos historic and contemporary, chosen by the members of the world disaster alliance. Nzbc classics wahine disaster television nz on screen. It was filed on the evening of the disaster and contains a detailed description of the cause of the disaster, the death toll and the search and rescue scene. Read about how new zealand red cross responded to one of its first national disasters. Stan spiers still chokes up when asked to remember wahine. More than 50 people died when the ship keeled over just inside wellington harbour, after hitting a reef during a ferocious cyclone.
Sep 07, 2015 tev wahine disaster 45th anniversary 20 report. On the psychic landscape of new zealand popular consciousness, the wahine is a lead. In december of the same year it published a list of errors and omissions made both onshore and aboard the ferry. Wahine day the focus of this short film is a memorial service on seatoun beach, five years after the sinking of interisland ferry wahine on 10 april 1968. The wahine was a ferry that ran between lyttelton and wellington.
On the 10 of april 1968, in the wellington harbour, the tev wahine ran aground on barretts reef. This recording contains radio news coverage of the sinking of the lytteltonwellington ferry wahine on 10 april 1968. The wahine was a few hundred yards off shore when it sunk. Apr 08, 20 the wahine disaster 8 apr 20 sharon barbour is a bbc journalist and filmmaker who has spent a good portion of her life putting together the various parts of the tragic story of the wahine. Wahine disaster main facts death toll 57 people died in the wahine. Wahine disaster fiftyyearson seven sharp meets two friends bonded by tragedy duration. Apr 10, 2017 the wahine disaster is well documented. Wahine disaster wahine and captain robertson lomas, d. Richard tindiller with audio from nga taonga sound and vision. The wahine disaster is new zealands worst maritime disaster to date. Rescuers in rescue boats battled the violent storm to save the wahines passengers. When the ship struck barrett reef, its starboard propeller was ripped off. Some of the books may be available in branch libraries each book title. By this time the first of the survivors had already reached the western shore at seatoun.
Rating is available when the video has been rented. On the morning of 10 april 1968 the lytteltonwellington ferry wahine was blown off course by a severe storm after its steering failed as it attempted to enter wellington harbour. Firstly, of course, is the fact that the event has registered on the national psyche like few others. These graphics are shown pretreatment an age and noise pass was later added to match other film footage in the documentary. Wahine disaster 45 years on recognition for 53rd wahine victim exsoldier wants to find the boy he helped rescue.
At the same time it was noted that these occurred under very difficult and. Zm50gw marks 50th anniversary of the wahine disaster wahine 50th anniversary trust nz history. Find highquality wahine stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. Fortyfive years ago today, i boarded the wahine in lyttelton for its trip to wellington. Wahine disaster fact file new zealand natural disasters. Just a little while ago we at the maori language commission heard about maori womens day which is being organised by te ohu whakatupu, the. On the psychic landscape of new zealand popular consciousness, the wahine is a leadball singularity dragging all other events into its orbit. Tev wahine disaster 44th anniversary 2012 vina andre. Some passengers were left with no choice but to jump from the listing vessel into the cold. The wahine disaster is one of new zealands most well known and remembered tragedies. Fortynine years ago, on 10 april 1968, the passenger ferry wahine, buffeted by ferocious galeforce winds, ran. Thus, in most contexts in a sentence, moveable property, tools, things made by humans, food, drink except water for drinking, husband tane, wife wahine, lover whaiaipo, children, grandchildren, people in an inferior position. Consequences following the sinking of the wahine first and most importantly lives were lost in the disaster, 51 to be correct. Wahine disaster main facts death toll 57 people died in.
Wahine disaster on television hear a contemporary television news broadcast about the loss of the interisland ferry tev wahine in wellington harbour on 10 april 1968. With its port engine also disabled, the ship foundered at steeple rock, off seatoun. The disaster has also been well documented by historians and journalists. On the 10 april 1968, the wahine capsized in wellington harbour with 735 people on board. Disaster stock footage royalty free disaster stock videos.
Wahine disaster on television nzhistory, new zealand. Itll be interesting to see how kiwis respond to the wahine disaster for two reasons. Video footage of the wreck, interviews with some of the passengers and crew. The wahine s demise on 10 april 1968 also heralded a new era in local tv news as pictures of the disaster were beamed into kiwi living rooms. Tev wahine disaster 45th anniversary 20 video dailymotion. Twenty minutes later the winds had increased to 160 kmh, and the ship lost its radar. It shows a number of images and documents on the wahine from our holdings, including onboard photographs, images of the rescue effort, and underwater shots. Mr ellis a christchurch man who worked for bp oil in dunedin after the disaster and three friends had just been discharged from the officer cadet training unit in waiouru, and were to board wahine for the trip south but they had a day to fill in first, and after 12 weeks in. Video sober weather for wahine 50 year commemorations. Timeline to tragedy wahine disaster nzhistory, new.
Geraldine viswanathan, star of hbos bad education, shares the 1970s comedy show shes been bingeing and more watch now. The wahine disaster centenary new zealand red cross. In wellington, steve ellis and three colleagues were drinking in a willis st hotel when news of the disaster broke. At the same time that rescue services where stretched on land the wahine was battling the seas attempting to enter the harbour.
Television coverage of the disaster later went on to win an international world news film award. Wahine sinking wellington region te ara encyclopedia. On 10 april, 1968, the wahine sunk in the wellington harbour. The tug tapuhi set off from queens wharf and reached the wahine at about 11. Apr 08, 2018 according to the video s youtube description. The wahine disaster catalyst for change scoop news. The wahines engines shuddered to a stop just before it sunk.
The vessel was a large rollon rolloff ferry of 8948 gross tons and carried. Fiftythree people died as a result of the accident, 51 on the day. She was launched in 1965, at the fairfield shipbuilding and engineering company in govan, scotland, and worked the new zealand interisland route between wellington and lyttelton from 1966 on 10 april 1968, near the end of a routine northbound overnight crossing from lyttelton, she was caught in a. The wahine disaster wahine disaster 40 years ago marked the interisland ferry wahine sank almost 40 ago in wellington harbour on april 10 1968, with the loss of 51 lives. These graphics are shown pretreatment an age and noise pass was. Tev wahine disaster 20th anniversary 1988 nh6central. Unedited video of the shipwreck, interviews with some passengers and crew. The wahine dragged its anchors and gradually drifted further up the harbour past point dorset. I was coming home from the rnzaf so also had my car on board, along with.
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