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Season 1

Descent from Disaster

6 Episodes Premiered July 16, 2013

Season Overview

Descent from Disaster is a six part documentary series revealing the stories, secrets and lessons learnt from them. Six celebrated New Zealanders retrace some of this country's darkest days. Traveling the length and breadth of the country, they'll bring history alive through the eyes of descendants.

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Episodes

Hyde Train Crash - 1943
EP 1

Hyde Train Crash - 1943

Jul 16, 2013

No overview available for this episode.

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Kaimai Plane Crash - 1963
EP 2

Kaimai Plane Crash - 1963

Jul 23, 2013

On July 3rd 1963, a National Airways Corporation DC3 slammed into a rocky ravine deep in the Kaimai Ranges. All 23 passengers and crew were killed. Simon Gault looks back at this tragic story.

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Strongman Mine Disaster - 1967
EP 3

Strongman Mine Disaster - 1967

Jul 30, 2013

West Coast's Leigh Hart revisits his old hometown of Runanga, where in 1967,it was one of several West Coast towns devastated by the Strongman Mine disaster.

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Shipwreck of the S.S. Wairarapa - 1894
EP 4

Shipwreck of the S.S. Wairarapa - 1894

Aug 6, 2013

135 people lost their lives when the S.S. Wairarapa steamed straight into rocks on Great Barrier Island. Andrew Fagan uncovers the stories of heroism and downright cowardice on that tragic night.

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Hawkes Bay Earthquake - 1931
EP 5

Hawkes Bay Earthquake - 1931

Aug 13, 2013

The Hawkes Bay Earthquake of 1931 is New Zealand's deadliest earthquake with over 250 people killed and hundreds more injured. Gary McCormick looks back at this tragic event.

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Influenza Pandemic - 1918
EP 6

Influenza Pandemic - 1918

Aug 20, 2013

In 1918, 8500 New Zealanders lost their lives in a influenza pandemic that swept the world, Judy Bailey investigates the affect it had on New Zealand.

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