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Book Synopsis The truth about Tangiwai rail disaster; and, Wahine by :
Download or read book The truth about Tangiwai rail disaster; and, Wahine written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two in-depth documentaries detailing two of New Zealand's worst transport disasters of the last century. Blending archival news footage, interviews with survivors and investigative journalism, both documentaries attempt to reveal the exact order of circumstance that led to both tragedies and if either of these national disasters could have been prevented.
Book Synopsis New Zealand's Worst Disasters by : Graham Hutchins
Download or read book New Zealand's Worst Disasters written by Graham Hutchins and published by Exisle Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 :Catherine Stewart Publisher :Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited ISBN 13 :1869799240 Total Pages :318 pages Book Rating :4.8/5 (697 download)
Book Synopsis A Wife On Gorge River by : Catherine Stewart
Download or read book A Wife On Gorge River written by Catherine Stewart and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2012-09-07 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life with New Zealand's remotest family in a follow-on from the bestselling A Life on Gorge River by Robert Long. In 2010, New Zealand met its remotest family, through the writing of Robert Long — aka Beansprout — and we were intrigued. Now Beansprout's wife, Catherine Stewart, tells her story, and answers many of our questions. Why did she decide to join him on the wild West Coast, two days' walk from the nearest road? Why and how did they raise their family there? Was it terrifying to be so far from medical help? How did she home-school the children? How have they all fared now the kids are young adults, forging their own way in the world? And what lessons are there for the rest of us from her experiences raising her family in such splendid isolation? In this entertaining bestseller, and with dry humour and fascinating insights, Catherine paints a vivid picture of her life at Gorge River and beyond.
Download or read book Tangiwai Railway Disaster written by and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis More Than Law and Order by : Susan Butterworth
Download or read book More Than Law and Order written by Susan Butterworth and published by Otago University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Zealand police had a challenging task in the second half of the twentieth century. Society was changing rapidly, with growing urbanization, increasing multi-culturalism, and changes in gender roles, as well as a growth in crime and rising public dissent. Keeping the peace required flexibility and good organization. Immediately after the World War II, the police were in a sorry state. They were short on resources and antiquated in their systems. As a result, the period covered by this book saw major change and modernization. The author explores the ways in which the police have overhauled their management structure repeatedly since the 1940s and shows how they have often struggled to position themselves within the modern public sector.
Download or read book The Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 1828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Last Days of the National Costume by : Anne Kennedy
Download or read book The Last Days of the National Costume written by Anne Kennedy and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a minute she'd beg me to do anything I could to save the garment. That's what they always did. Begged and pleaded. There was usually a lover involved, and a cheated-upon spouse. I, as the mender, would be saving their life. People had actually said I was worth my weight in gold . . . But it wasn't my skill the clients were grateful for. No. It was my collusion. What lies are worth: their weight in gold. You'd think that mending clothes would be an uneventful, uncomplicated occupation. No drama, no unnecessary explanations, no personal involvement. But people love to talk, and as they make their excuses to GoGo Sligo, of Megan Sligo Mending and Alterations, they reveal the holes in their stories as well. It doesn't take long for GoGo to get to the truth behind the rips and tears they've brought her to fix. As GoGo listens and sews, she realises she is also helping her clients cheat and lie to their husbands and wives. She's covering their tracks so they won't be found out. A five-week blackout brings the city to its knees, and a drama to her doorstep. A lover, a wife, and finally the cheating husband all come to claim a vintage Irish costume that GoGo's been mending. She doesn't want to like the guilty husband, but can't resist being drawn into the enticing web of his deceit, and then into his story of heartbreak and death on the streets of Belfast. To keep him coming back to the blacked-out house and to prolong the telling of his family's story, GoGo pretends the costume isn't finished. As she makes him return to her, day after day, it becomes clear that another kind of spell is being woven, and GoGo must face the truth about herself and her own life and marriage. An intoxicating, entrancing, gripping novel of illicit love, passion and embroidery, told in an inimitable voice by a brilliant writer.
Download or read book Journey to Tangiwai written by David Hill and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1953 and Peter is determined that his scout patrol will get to the finals of a First Aid competition. This means travelling to Auckland by train on Christmas Eve, a journey that Peter will never forget. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.
Download or read book New Zealand Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis No Honour, No Glory by : Spence Edge
Download or read book No Honour, No Glory written by Spence Edge and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jason left Benghazi with 2000 British and Commonwealth POWs on the 8th December 1941. It was torpedoed by the British submarine. Porpoise with the loss of 500 men, including 45 New Zealaners. The Italian crew abandoned the ship, taking all the lifeboats. A Gerrman crewman remained on board, managed to get the engines going again, and beached the Jason at Methoni in Greece. Most of the prisoners managed to make it to shore. Those that were injured were taken by the Italian Hospital Ship, Arno, to an Italian hospital, the rest were rounded up and confined in a make-shift POW camp with no shelter and little food.
Book Synopsis The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History by : Ian C. McGibbon
Download or read book The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History written by Ian C. McGibbon and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is the most comprehensive guide yet to New Zealand's rich and varied military history. It is supplemented with 150 photographs and more than forty maps, as well as lists of important office-holders. It is a must for students, specialists, and anyone interested in New Zealand's military history and the effect of war on its society."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis Tragedy at Pike River Mine by : Rebecca Macfie
Download or read book Tragedy at Pike River Mine written by Rebecca Macfie and published by . This book was released on 2014-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a sunny afternoon in November 2010, in the beautiful Paparoa Range of the South Island of New Zealand, a massive explosion rocked an underground coal mine. Later that day two ashen men stumbled from the entrance. Twenty-nine men remained unaccounted for.
Book Synopsis Proceedings of The...New Zealand Geography Conference by : New Zealand Geographical Society
Download or read book Proceedings of The...New Zealand Geography Conference written by New Zealand Geographical Society and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the Proceedings of the New Zealand Geography Conference.
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Download or read book Proceedings of the ... New Zealand Geography Conference written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Zealand Almanac written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Western Front written by Matthew Wright and published by Raupo. This book was released on 2005 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Zealanders surged up the scaling ladders and over the top into the dawn mist. In November 2004, a soldier from the Western Front was chosen to symbolise all New Zealand's military heritage, underlining the way that our experience in Belgium and France between 1916 and 1918 speaks to us over the years and generations. Why did so many New Zealanders sail from the 'uttermost ends of the Earth' to die in muddy foreign soil? and were the tactics really as mindless as climbing out of a trench and walking very slowly towards the Germans until everyone was dead?
Book Synopsis When Disaster Strikes by : Carol Stewart
Download or read book When Disaster Strikes written by Carol Stewart and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These stories were solicited by the Ministry of culture and heritage, as part of preparations for the Earth, Sea and Sky theme of Te Ara, the online encyclopedia of New Zealand. The purpose of collating gthem here is to preserve the entire collection of disaster stories and to make them available as a resource.
