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Map of Tangiwai disaster site

Map of Tangiwai disaster site

Tangiwai train wreckage

Tangiwai train wreckage

Rescue party officials at Tangiwai

Rescue party officials at Tangiwai

Policewoman at Tangiwai

Policewoman at Tangiwai

Recovery party at Tangiwai

Recovery party at Tangiwai

Funeral for Tangiwai disaster victims

Funeral for Tangiwai disaster victims

Police by Tangiwai train wreckage

Police by Tangiwai train wreckage

Collapsed life-rafts from the Wahine

Collapsed life-rafts from the Wahine

Police assisting Wahine survivors

Police assisting Wahine survivors

Wahine survivors at Seatoun wharf

Wahine survivors at Seatoun wharf

Royal Humane Society Gold Medal, Wahine disaster

Royal Humane Society Gold Medal, Wahine disaster

Plane wreckage on Mt Erebus

Plane wreckage on Mt Erebus

Recovery party accommodation, Mt Erebus

Recovery party accommodation, Mt Erebus

Returning bodies of Erebus victims

Returning bodies of Erebus victims

Identifying Erebus victims

Identifying Erebus victims

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Sound: Prime Minister Sidney Holland at the Tangiwai disaster

Sound: Prime Minister Sidney Holland at the Tangiwai disaster

Sound clip: police at Erebus disaster

Sound clip: police at Erebus disaster

Sound clip: radio report from Erebus

Sound clip: radio report from Erebus

Sound clip: eyewitness report – Tangiwai disaster

Sound clip: eyewitness report – Tangiwai disaster

Sound clip: effects of Erebus disaster on police

Sound clip: effects of Erebus disaster on police

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