This web feature was written by Neill Atkinson, Nicola Barnett and Steve Watters and produced by the NZ History team.
Links
- Biographies from the online Dictionary of New Zealand biography: William Appleton; Henry James Hopkins
- North Island main trunk line (NZ History)
- Royal visit of 1953–54 (NZ History)
- Ruapehu and the Tangiwai disaster (Te Ara)
- The Tangiwai Memorial lists the names of all those killed (NZ History)
- Tangiwai disaster page on the Christchurch City Libraries site
- Film of 2007 lahar on Mt Ruapehu (YouTube)
- Ruapehu Geology is an Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences resource on the volcano, and it includes information about the Tangiwai disaster
- Pillows of the dead – Mangamāhū local John Archer recalls the impact of the Tangiwai disaster on the community.
Books and articles
- Kevin Boon, The Tangiwai rail disaster, Nelson Price Milburn, Petone, 1990
- Geoff Conly and Graham Stewart, On the track: Tangiwai and other railway accidents, rev. edn, Grantham House, Wellington, 1991
- Evening Post, 26–28 December 1953
- Bruce Morris, Darkest days, 1st rev. edn, Wilson & Horton, Auckland, 1987
- New Zealand Railways, Tangiwai railway disaster: Report of board of inquiry, Government Printer, Wellington, 1954
- Graham Stewart, The Tangiwai disaster: A Christmas Eve tragedy, Grantham House, Wellington, 2004
