Eyewitness accounts of New Zealand's most devastating earthquake in modern times.

With an almighty crack and rumble followed by a devastating fire, the Hawkes Bay Earthquake of 1931 struck with lethal results. 258 people died and many more were left injured and homeless.

Award winning filmmaker, Gaylene Preston, presents eyewitness accounts of the most destructive earthquake to hit New Zealand in the 20th Century.

A documentary of loss and survival and of lives changed forever told by people who thought their world was ending.

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Hone Hohepa * Hana Lyola Cotter * Jim Clayton
Sally Sutherland * Thomas Fouhy * Lauris Edmond
Ivan Hodgkinson * Audrey McKelvie * May Blair

A Gaylene Preston Productions presentation
in association with TV3 and NZonAir
Produced and Directed by Gaylene Preston.

IN MEMORIAM

Hone Hohepa * Audrey McKelvie * Lauris Edmond

The Hawkes Bay Museum* The New Zealand Film Archive Nga Kaitiaki O Nga Taonga Whitiahua* Alexander Turnbull Library * National Library of New Zealand * Marist Archives Wellington

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