Part of the congregation that attended a commemoration service for the Mount Erebus crash victims. About 300 people were in Christchurch Cathedral. November 29, 1989. (Photo by Fairfax Media NZ) Photo: Fairfax Media NZ
40 years later, there is still no national memorial to the victims and no consensus on what happened that day in 1979. Why has New Zealand been so hopelessly unable to deal with its worst ever disaster?
White Silence. No survivors. No answer. Never-ending.
Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Podbean, Radio Public and other podcast providers, or from the Stuff and RNZ homepages.
Photo: Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision