6 Jan 2012
Are We There Yet? - Tangiwai rail disaster
Tangiwai means 'weeping waters', and the name seemed sadly apt in 1953, when a lahar destroyed the railway bridge and a passenger express plunged into the river killing 151 people.
Tangiwai means 'weeping waters', and the name seemed sadly apt in 1953, when a lahar destroyed the railway bridge and a passenger express plunged into the river killing 151 people.