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58 reviewsTrue stories that rocked the nation and people of Aotearoa - The 30 stories in this book describe some of the most extraordinary events in our nations history, some of which are well known and others that are now all but forgotten.
Who knew that a fire killed 39 people at Seacliff Mental Hospital in 1942 when WWII was at its worst?
That 10 people died in a lahar on White Island in 1914?
That a yacht race between Lyttelton and Wellington in 1951 resulted in 10 fatalities?
That a tornado ripped through 150 houses in Hamilton in 1948?
A fire raging through Raetihi in 1918 was so fierce it destroyed houses, shops and 11 timber mills.
Drownings were once so common in this country during the 19th century that they were known as being ‘the New Zealand death’ by Europeans.
These and many other stories like the Arctic Erebus Passenger Jet Disaster and the Pike Mine Underground Explosion are all retold in this eye-opening book, which also reveals acts of heroism among the rescuers and the developing need for specialist rescue and recovery teams that can work all over the world and not just carry out their grim duties within the country itself.
It also examines the many and varied causes of these disasters and the lessons learned from their often tragic circumstances that helped to contribute to them and to where possible try and prevent them from happening again.
Graham Hutchins has been writing books for over thirty years.
Most of these have been non-fiction, covering such subjects as rugby, cricket, popular music and railways.
In 2006 he published Highwater: Floods in New Zealand.
He lives in Hamilton.
Russell Young worked as an accountant in Te Kuiti for 30 years before moving to Marlborough in 2004, where he now conducts a small home-based practice.
This allows him time for other pastimes, including flying.
In 2013 he published The Story of Te Kuiti.
