Survivors speak of that horrendous day, those who barely escaped with their lives. Who can forget that NZ’s official rescuers decided not to go?

Civil Defense had morphed into NEMA just 10 days prior. You can read about that at this link. We were on the ‘eve’ literally of many changes that would come with the ensuing 4 year event that has changed lives forever. It has also changed life as we knew it.

60 Minutes Australia also report on the aftermath for the surviving victims:

There are many more videos on YT that tell the stories of respective survivors.

Image Credit: By GNS Science (formerly Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd.) – GeoNet: Whakatane, archived from the original on 9 December 2019, CC BY 3.0 nz, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84750271