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Descent from Disaster

2013•45m
Documentary

Retrace some of NZ's darkest days to reveal the stories, secrets and lessons learnt from our most famous disasters. 

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Production

Screentime, Television New Zealand

Language

EN

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

July 16, 2013

Last Aired

December 31, 2015

Networks

TVNZ 1

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Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
Hyde Train Crash - 1943
E1
Hyde Train Crash - 1943
Air date: 2013-07-16
Kaimai Plane Crash - 1963
E2
Kaimai Plane Crash - 1963
Air date: 2013-07-23
On July 3rd 1963, a National Airways Corporation DC3 slammed into a rocky ravine deep in the Kaimai Ranges. All 23 passengers and crew were killed. Simon Gault looks back at this tragic story.
Strongman Mine Disaster - 1967
E3
Strongman Mine Disaster - 1967
Air date: 2013-07-30
West Coast's Leigh Hart revisits his old hometown of Runanga, where in 1967,it was one of several West Coast towns devastated by the Strongman Mine disaster.
Shipwreck of the S.S. Wairarapa - 1894
E4
Shipwreck of the S.S. Wairarapa - 1894
Air date: 2013-08-06
135 people lost their lives when the S.S. Wairarapa steamed straight into rocks on Great Barrier Island. Andrew Fagan uncovers the stories of heroism and downright cowardice on that tragic night.
Hawkes Bay Earthquake - 1931
E5
Hawkes Bay Earthquake - 1931
Air date: 2013-08-13
The Hawkes Bay Earthquake of 1931 is New Zealand's deadliest earthquake with over 250 people killed and hundreds more injured. Gary McCormick looks back at this tragic event.
Influenza Pandemic - 1918
E6
Influenza Pandemic - 1918
Air date: 2013-08-20
In 1918, 8500 New Zealanders lost their lives in a influenza pandemic that swept the world, Judy Bailey investigates the affect it had on New Zealand.

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