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MY NEW ZEALAND STORY: JOURNEY TO TANGIWAI
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
MY NEW ZEALAND STORY: JOURNEY TO TANGIWAI
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) David Hill
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Series | MY NEW ZEALAND STORY |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:192 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9781775436386
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Classifications | Dewey:993.52035 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Scholastic New Zealand Limited
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Imprint |
Scholastic New Zealand
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Publication Date |
1 May 2021 |
Publication Country |
New Zealand
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Description
The Tangiwai disaster, on the eve of Christmas 1953, remains one of the major disasters in New Zealand's history. Peter Cotterill, age 13, starts the year writing in a journal given to him by his great aunt. We follow him through a year of many changes as his town of Napier struggles through hard times in the aftermath of World War 2. He joins the scouts and learns to overlook the small-town class structure. The story climaxes in a train ride to Auckland with his fellow scouts on the eve of Christmas. In the night, unbeknown to the travellers, a lahar has washed away a railway bridge... culminating in an event so tragic that it shocked the nation.
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