From Eyewitness 20 March 2015
Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets Red Cross and local legend Margaret Rankin. An Eastbourne resident, Margaret will never forget one of the worst storms ever to hit our coasts. Witnessing the sinking of the Wahine in 1968, Margaret was determined that her community would be prepared for any disaster in the future.
A royal acknowledgment for their community work
Boxes of clothing donated for civil defence emergencies
Civil Defence equipment still at the ready
Eastbourne Red Cross and Civil Defence 1993
House to house appeals, Eastbourne area
Local legends, Margaret and Ian Rankine at home, York Bay
Margaret demonstating adult CPR, Red Cross 1993
Margaret teaches emergency preparedness to Scotts College students 1993
Members of the Red Cross VAD (Volunteer Aid Detatchment) 1948
Margaret in the family home that lost its roof during the Wahine storm
Margaret Rankine at her home in York Bay overlooking Wellington harbour
Margaret Rankine at her home in York Bay overlooking Wellington harbour
Margaret remembers the wahine sinking at the harbour entrance
Red cross nz honouring margarets outstanding contribution
Young Margaret Rankine (centre) as a Red Cross VAD (Volunteer Aid Detatchment) 1948
Ship Wahine sinking in Wellington Harbour, 11 April 1968. Shows the port side. Taken by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Ref: EP/1968/1647/14-F - National Library collection
Ship Wahine sinking in Wellington Harbour, 11 April 1968. Shows the bow. Taken by and unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Ref: EP/1968/1648a/1a-F - National Library collection
Aerial view of the Wahine shipwreck, with Seatoun in the background, photographed 11 April 1968 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Ref: EP/1968/1571/25-F - National Library collection
Elderly woman, a survivor of the Wahine shipwreck being assisted by a policeman and Salvation Army Captain David Bennett (on right of survivor), photographed 10 April 1968 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Ref: EP/1968/1569/8A-F - National Library collection
Life raft and wreckage from the Wahine, washed up on Eastbourne beach after the ship sank on 10 April 1968, photographed 11 April 1968 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Ref: EP/1968/1578-F - National Library collection
House in Island Bay, Wellington, damaged by the Wahine storm, photographed 10 May 1968 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Ref: EP/1968/2014-F - National Library collection
Photograph showing survivors from the Wahine shipwreck in a lifeboat in Wellington Harbour, taken on 10 April 1968 by an unidentified photographer for the Evening Post. Ref: 35mm-01152-29-F - National Library collection
Survivor from the Wahine shipwreck, Seatoun, Wellington. Shows an unidentified woman being carried by men, including Salvation Army Cadet Keith Sunkel, along a jetty. Photograph taken on 10 April 1968, by an unidentified photographer for the Evening Post. Ref: 35mm-01155-15-F - National Library collection
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