New Zealands Worst Disasters
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Author | : Graham Hutchins |
Publisher | : Exisle Publishing |
Total Pages | : 381 |
Release | : 2015-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1775592499 |
A full train plunges into a raging river at Tangiwai; the Wahine is tossed onto rocks at the entrance to Wellington Harbour; an Air New Zealand DC-10 plunges into Mt Erebus; an earthquake destroys Christchurch … disasters like these are known to all New Zealanders: they are part of our history. But New Zealand has experienced many less well-known disasters, some of them shocking and brutal. Graham Hutchins and Russell Young describe some of the most extraordinary events in New Zealand history. Who knew that a fire killed 39 people at Seacliff Mental Hospital in 1942? 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 so common here in the 19th century that they were called ‘the New Zealand death’. These and many other remarkable stories are told in this eye-opening book. While it describes accidents and tragedies, it also reveals acts of heroism. For when human beings make mistakes, others often achieve daring feats of rescue. Some of the stories show that we underestimate Mother Nature at our peril, but many also testify to the courage of the human spirit. Few books are genuine page-turners; this one is.
Author | : Tracy Nelson Maurer |
Publisher | : Capstone Press |
Total Pages | : 33 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1543554822 |
Water rushes out to sea out of nowhere. Suddenly, huge waves come crashing inland. It's a tsunami!
Author | : Daniel Jonathan Clarke |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0198785577 |
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Dull Disasters? shows how countries and their partners can better prepare for natural disasters such as typhoons, earthquakes, floods, and drought. By harnessing lessons from finance, political science, economics, psychology, and the naturalsciences, it is possible for governments, civil society, private firms, and international organizations to work together to achieve better preparedness, thereby reducing the risks to people and economies and enablingquicker recoveries. In this way, responses to disasters become less emotional, less political, less headline-grabbing, and more business as usual and effective.
Author | : Richard J. Waugh |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Aircraft accidents |
ISBN | : 9780908629749 |
Author | : Gavin McLean |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780947506667 |
Shipwrecks litter the coasts and reefs of New Zealand. Disasters at sea are no longer the regular occurrence they were in the days when sea travel was the main means of coastal and international transport, yet recent wrecks like the Rena show that perils remain. Shipwrecked retells the voyages of ships doomed never to make their next port, in a jacketed hardback featuring plentiful photos and ephemera - including Eric Heath's superb colour illustrations of notable ships lost to the sea.
Author | : Malcolm Brown |
Publisher | : Hachette Australia |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2010-11-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0733626114 |
Graphic accounts of Australia’s worst disasters – historical as well as events of recent years. From the Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983 to the implosion of the Royal Canberra Hospital in 1997, and from the shocking Granville railway crash in 1977 to the Sea King helicopter crash of 2005, Australia's history has been punctuated by incidents of disaster and tragedy that have shocked us all. Sometimes warning signs were not read (or were ignored); sometimes human error was to blame. These graphic and compelling accounts by veteran Sydney Morning Herald journalist Malcolm Brown and other award-winning journalists tell us far more than simply what happened - they provide unique insights into the impact of these events on the lives of innocent people. And, interspersed with stories of death and destruction, are heart-warming accounts of courage, grace and just plain good luck.
Author | : Urban Napflin |
Publisher | : Urban Napflin |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2020-04-16 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : |
Everything that makes New Zealand unique and how to plan the trip of a lifetime. New revised 2017 edition - the ideal preparation for your trip to New Zealand, with over 160 photos and illustrations. New content about freedom camping, separate Waiheke Island section, travelling with children, studying and working in New Zealand and in general more details, updates, links and tips!
Author | : Benjamin Kingsbury |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0190876093 |
The first history of one of the nineteenth century's greatest natural calamities, its political context and its impact on colonial India
Author | : Scott McKinnon |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 2020-07-07 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9811543828 |
Disasters in Australia and New Zealand brings together a collection of essays on the history of disasters in both countries. Leading experts provide a timely interrogation of long-held assumptions about the impacts of bushfires, floods, cyclones and earthquakes, exploring the blurred line between nature and culture, asking what are the anthropogenic causes of ‘natural’ disasters? How have disasters been remembered or forgotten? And how have societies over generations responded to or understood disaster? As climate change escalates disaster risk in Australia, New Zealand and around the world, these questions have assumed greater urgency. This unique collection poses a challenge to learn from past experiences and to implement behavioural and policy change. Rich in oral history and archival research, Disasters in Australia and New Zealand offers practical and illuminating insights that will appeal to historians and disaster scholars across multiple disciplines.
Author | : Kevin Boon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Cyclones |
ISBN | : |
Looks at the impact of Cyclone Giselle which struck New Zealand in April 1968, causing severe damage around the country and sinking the inter-island ferry 'Wahine'. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.