Registration includes the 1.7130 ha of land comprised in the Tangiwai Historic Reserve as described in New Zealand Gazette 1994, p.4346, and the Tangiwai Disaster Memorial thereon, and the sightlines to the Whangaehu River, the replacement rail-bridge, and the site of … 151 people were killed. Image of the plaque at the Tangiwai National Memorial. Extent of List Entry. On 26 March 1957 the Tangiwai National Memorial was unveiled at Karori Cemetery. Description On Christmas Eve 1953, New Zealand’s worst railway disaster occurred when the Wellington-Auckland night express train crashed into the Whangaehu River.

The Tangiwai memorial features a replica of the number plate of that ill-fated steam locomotive. Photographer unidentified. 626 at Tangiwai, in the central North Island of New Zealand.The locomotive and first six carriages derailed into the river, killing 151 people. The Tangiwai National Memorial, designed by Government Architect F. Gordon Wilson, was unveiled at Karori Cemetery on 26 March 1957.

At that time the suburb was difficult to reach. The Tangiwai disaster occurred at 10:21 p.m. on 24 December 1953 when the Whangaehu River bridge collapsed beneath Wellington-to-Auckland express passenger train No. The Very Reverend James Baird, vice-president of the National Council of Churches, dedicating the memorial for victims of the Tangiwai disaster, Karori Cemetery, Wellington, 1957. The Tangiwai National Memorial, designed by government architect F. Gordon Wilson, was unveiled at Karori Cemetery on 26 March 1957. El desastre de Tangiwai ocurrió a las 22:21 el 24 de diciembre de 1953, cuando un puente ferroviario se derrumbó en el río Whangaehu provocando la caída de un tren de pasajeros del expreso de Wellington a Auckland en Tangiwai, en el centro de la Isla Norte de Nueva Zelanda.La locomotora y los primeros seis vagones descarrilaron en el río, matando a 151 personas. The memorial features 16 graves of Tangiwai victims, each with a bronze plaque at the foot. A national memorial was unveiled in 1957 at Karori cemetery, Wellington.

And another memorial was erected at Tangiwai in 1989.

Published 29 March 1957 The Tangiwai railway disaster occurred on Christmas eve, 1953, during the first visit to New Zealand of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh. The Duke of Edinburgh attending the Tangiwai memorial for 21 victims at Karori Cemetery, 31 December 1953 Archives New Zealand Reference: AAQT 6538 W3537 1 / For further enquiries email research.archives@dia.govt.nz Material from Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

The Karori Tunnel (1900) made access easier, and by 1907 trams ran to Nottingham Street. Colonial Karori is described in several stories by Katherine Mansfield, whose family moved there in 1893 from Thorndon. The Tangiwai memorial features sixteen graves of Tangiwai victims, each with a bronze plaque at the foot. Karori continued to grow. By the 1960s, it was one of New Zealand’s biggest suburbs.

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