As the years passed, Tangiwai slipped into memory. That's until Mt Ruapehu erupted again in the mid-90s, prompting panic throughout the region - and within Government. So how has the local area changed in the decades since Tangiwai?

Guests:
Weston Kirton
Ian Mckelvie
Andrew Chambers 
Don Alabaster
John Chapman
Chris Carter
Hollei Gabrielson

Presenter and producer: Hamish Williams
Researcher: Neesha Bremner
Sound engineer: Shaun D Wilson
Production assistants: Kathy Cunningham and Hohepa Te Moana
Executive Producers: Ethan Sills and Andrew Laxon

Select music by Anthonie Tonnon. Made with funding by NZ On Air / Irirangi Te Motu.

As the years passed, Tangiwai slipped into memory. That's until Mt Ruapehu erupted again in the mid-90s, prompting panic throughout the region - and within Government. So how has the local area changed in the decades since Tangiwai?
Guests: Weston Kirton Ian Mckelvie Andrew Chambers Don Alabaster John Chapman Chris Carter Hollei Gabrielson
Presenter and producer: Hamish Williams Researcher: Neesha Bremner Sound engineer: Shaun D Wilson Production assistants: Kathy Cunningham and Hohepa Te Moana Executive Producers: Ethan Sills and Andrew Laxon
Select music by Anthonie Tonnon. Made with funding by NZ On Air / Irirangi Te Motu.

Christmas Eve, 1953. A historic year for New Zealand ended tragically, when 151 people died in the country's worst ever rail disaster. 70 years on, with only a handful of survivors still alive, did New Zealand learn the lessons of this horrific accident - or have we forgotten this tragedy? 

Hosted by Hamish Williams. Produced by the Motuihe Group for the New Zealand Herald. Made with funding from NZ on Air. 

Christmas Eve, 1953. A historic year for New Zealand ended tragically, when 151 people died in the country's worst ever rail disaster. 70 years on, with only a handful of survivors still alive, did New Zealand learn the lessons of this horrific accident - or have we forgotten this tragedy? 
Hosted by Hamish Williams. Produced by the Motuihe Group for the New Zealand Herald. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

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