A-Z of Aotearoa: T for Tangiwai
About this episode
This episode highlights the Tangiwai railway disaster, New Zealand's worst railway accident.
We're working our way through the alphabet to highlight people, places or events that make New Zealand, New Zealand. This week we're at T and have chosen T for Tangiwai - New Zealand's worst railway accident occurred at Tangiwai in the central North Island on 24 December 1953.
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