1968 Wahine Disaster with stricken passenger ferry stranded on Barret Reef in Cook Strait near Wellington during storm

Sinking of the Wahine remains New Zealand’s worst modern maritime disaster with fifty-one people losing their lives to exposure during severe storm after the order to abandon ship on 10 April 1968.
Sinking of the Wahine remains New Zealand’s worst modern maritime disaster with fifty-one people losing their lives to exposure during severe storm after the order to abandon ship on 10 April 1968.
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Credit:
Editorial #:
859465326
Collection:
Television New Zealand
Date created:
April 10, 1968
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:00:58:02
Location:
Wellington, New Zealand
Mastered to:
QuickTime 8-bit H.264 SD 720x576 25p
Originally shot on:
Betacam SP 576 25i
Source:
Television New Zealand
Object name:
wahine1968_1_p8951.mov