28 Mar 2024

History with Dr Grant Morris

From Afternoons, 3:20 pm on 28 March 2024

Today Dr Grant Morris talks to Jesse about the destruction of major settlements in New Zealand history.

He's just returned from a trip to Christchurch where he saw a lot of what has been built since their devastating earthquakes and what still needs to be constructed.

Today he looks back on two famous historic examples of New Zealand settlements that were partially destroyed by earthquakes.

Napier after Hawke's Bay earthquake, February 1931, Napier

Napier after Hawke's Bay earthquake, February 1931, Napier Photo: Les Wallace. Gift of Holden New Zealand Limited, 1998. Te Papa (O.005635)