Ferryboat disasters

Date: 1993

By: New Zealand. Ministry of Civil Defence; Manson, Heugh Cecil Drummond, 1941-

Reference: OHColl-0092

Description: Interviews with two passengers and two crew members about their experiences during the sinking of the 'Wahine' in Wellington Harbour on 10 April 1968. Interviewees are Shirley Hick, Kenneth Macleod, Margaret Alexander and Terry Victory. Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Quantity: 8 C60 cassette(s). 4 printed abstract(s). 4 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 2009

From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]

Reference: DCDL-0012054

Description: A ship named 'Tongan Monarchy' founders and sinks while the King of Tonga, George (Siaosi) Tupou V, who sits astride one of the funnels realises that the ship (or himself) is 'top-heavy, unfit for service, is poorly captained and is going down'. He says that he is 'beginning to empathise with the ferry victims'. Refers to the tragic sinking of the ferry 'Pacific Ashika' on 6 August 2009 with the loss of more than ninety lives. As the ferry sank King Tupou V left the country on an extended Scottish holiday despite being aware of the tragedy. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1968 - 1976 - 1977

By: Campaign for Non-Nuclear Futures; Kent, David Robinson, 1946-2013

Reference: Eph-D-NUCLEAR-1976-02

Description: Shows photograph of the ferry "Wahine" rolling and sinking off Barrett's Reef. Logo for the Campaign for Non-Nuclear Futures at lower right. Designed for the Campaign for Non-Nuclear Futures by Dave Kent of Wellington Media Collective. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on poster, 560 x 431 mm.

Date: 10 Apr 1968

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 35mm-01160-33-F

Description: Survivors from the wreck of the Wahine inter-island ferry, on the shore at Seatoun in Wellington, with rescuers. Shows two women wrapped in woollen blankets, being helped by a man in a trench raincoat. Other people stand round a pile of blankets in the background. Photograph taken on 10 April 1968, by an unidentified photographer for the Evening Post. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1968 - 1976 - 1991 - 1977

By: Campaign for Non-Nuclear Futures; Kent, David Robinson, 1946-2013

Reference: Eph-C-NUCLEAR-1991-03

Description: Reprint of a poster from about 1976, shows a photograph of the ferry "Wahine" rolling and sinking off Barrett's Reef. The logo for the Campaign for Non-Nuclear Futures is at lower right. Original 1976 poster was designed for the Campaign for Non-Nuclear Futures by Dave Kent of Wellington Media Collective. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on poster, 510 x 360 mm.

Date: 2014

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

By: New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0027570

Description: Cartoon shows staff on the deck of The Interislander ferry watching their customers setting off from the wharf to paddle across the Cook Strait instead of catching the dilapidated ferry boat. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).