Travel Local:  Tangiwai, the site of New Zealand's worst rail disaster
Channel: FutureCat
Date: 2023-02-04

While in the central North Island, Discoverylover and I visited Tangiwai, the site of the country's worst ever rail disaster - a sobering place.

Learn more about Tangiwai: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/the-tangiwai-railway-disaster

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Audio recording taken from "Radio in the 1950s - Manawatū Conversations" created by Stuart Birks and broadcast on Manawatū People's Radio, 11th October 2022.  Sourced from Manawatū Heritage, under a Creative Commons BY licence.  Listen to the full recording at https://manawatuheritage.pncc.govt.nz/item/9008bf5f-bf7e-4ad8-9f96-067533a9694c

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