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• Disaster, Wahine Ferry [memorial]   d. April 10, 1968
  On the morning of 10 April, 1968, Cyclone "Giselle" hit at the same time as another storm which had driven up the West Coast of the South Island from Antarctica. The two storms met over the capital city, Wellington, creating a single storm just as the inter-island ferry Wahine was crossing Cook Strait, between the South and North Islands of New Zealnd. At 5.50 on the morning of 10 April, carrying 610 passengers and 123 crew, the Captain of the Wahine, decided to enter Wellington harbour. Huge...[Read More] (Bio by: Jeff J)
  Palmer Head Memorial, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
   

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