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Descent from Disaster Strongman Mine Explosion - 1967
Season 1 , Episode 3West 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. -
Descent from Disaster Kaimai Plane Crash - 1963
Season 1 , Episode 2On 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. -
Descent from Disaster Influenza Pandemic - 1918
Season 1 , Episode 6In 1918, 8,500 New Zealanders lost their lives in a influenza pandemic that swept the world, Judy Bailey investigates the affect it had on New Zealand. -
Descent from Disaster Centennial Yacht Race - 1951
Season 2 , Episode 3Kiwi yachting legend Peter Montgomery recounts the 1951 Centennial Yacht Race disaster, where ten men died in a brutal storm shortly after setting sail from Wellington. -
Descent from Disaster (2015) Cyclone Giselle - 1968
Season 2 , Episode 1ONE News meteorologist Karen Olsen revisits one of New Zealand's worst storms. On April 9th 1968 Cyclone Giselle hit New Zealand with a force so ferocious it sank the Wahine inter-island ferry. -
Descent from Disaster Brynderwyn Bus Crash - 1963
Season 2 , Episode 2Veteran broadcaster Mark Sainsbury recounts the relatively unknown story of the 1963 Brynderwyn bus crash, which resulted in the death of 15 passengers after its brakes failed on a winding road. -
Descent from Disaster Wreck of the Ranui - 1950
Season 2 , Episode 522 lives were lost when the Ranui capsized, leaving families heartbroken and the small seaside communities of Mount Maunganui and Tauranga shattered. Presented by Peter Elliott. -
Descent from Disaster Taranaki Mountaineering Disaster - 1953
Season 2 , Episode 4Toni Street travels to New Plymouth to rediscover the Taranaki Mountaineering Disaster. -
Descent from Disaster Ruapehu Plane Crash - 1948
Season 2 , Episode 6Former ONE News weatherman Jim Hickey recounts the tragic 1948 National Airways Corporation plane crash on Mt Ruapehu. At the time this was the worst civilian plane crash in New Zealand.
