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The Wahine founders off Steeple Rock; New Zealand Railways' much smaller road/rail ferry Aramoana and other vessels stand by.
Dominion and Sunday Times Museum of Wellington City and Sea Collection Reference: 9049
See also film footage of the Wahine disaster on the TVNZ website.
'The Wahine foundering', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/the-wahine-foundering, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 1-Jul-2014
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Anonymous
Posted: 10 Apr 2018
My wife's birthday. A memberable time for the wrong reasons. Disasters are not accidents they are man made.
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