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Rail Accidents
Sites
Hyde Railway Accident - Central Otago - 1943- Fact file from Christchurch City Libraries
- Ongarue Railway accident - 1923
- Fact file from Christchurch City Libraries
- Rail Occurrence Reports
- from the Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC)
- Tangiwai Rail Disaster
- New Zealand's worst rail disaster. Includes radio broadcasts and an 8mm film of the disaster site.
From nzhistory.net - Tangiwai Railway accident - 1953
- Fact file from Christchurch City Libraries
- Tangiwai railway disaster
- It was New Zealand's worst-ever rail disaster. Listen to radio broadcasts from the time, and watch an 8 mm film of the Tangiwai disaster site. From nzhistory.net
- Transport Accident Investigation Commission Te Komihana Tirotiro Aitua Waka
- Responsible for the independent investigation of significant aviation, rail, and marine accidents and incidents. TAIC does not investigate road accidents or incidents except when the circumstances may have significant implications for the safety of, for example, the rail transport system.
