The Wahine disaster is well documented. Forty-nine years ago, on 10 April 1968, the passenger ferry Wahine, buffeted by ferocious gale-force winds, ran aground on Barrett Reef at the entrance of ...

Wahine had started on the service just over 18 months before the disaster. WITH 734 passengers and crew, Wahine left Lyttelton at 8.43pm on her final voyage and was due in Wellington the next day.

Jim Hartley was working for the New Zealand Press Association in 1968 and co-authored with Max Lambert 'The Wahine Disaster' the following year. He examines the records to try to determine why ...

In an eerie echo of half a century ago, bad weather has affected services remembering the sinking of the Wahine ferry in Wellington harbour in which 53 liv. ZB Choose a region. Site search.

Wahine disaster: 57 years on from Wellington's darkest day. On Air; Wellington; Publish Date Thu, 10 Apr 2025, 2:24pm It was on April 10th 1968, as Cyclone Giselle was bearing down ...

Lessons from Wahine sinking make shipping safer. 9 April 2018. As we reflect on the 50th anniversary of New Zealand’s worst maritime disaster in modern times, the sinking of TEV Wahine on 10 ...

The Wahine had been plying the Lyttelton to Wellington route when disaster struck. The forecast had hinted at bad weather as the ship left on the night of April 9. But as it headed north, Cyclone ...