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Evacuating stranded tourists

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Evacuating stranded tourists

New Zealand Defence Force helicopters airlifted a number of stranded tourists following the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake. Hundreds more were evacuated to Christchurch aboard the ship HMNZS Canterbury.

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Eileen McSaveney, Historic earthquakes – Marlborough earthquakes – 2013 and 2016, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/46859/evacuating-stranded-tourists (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Eileen McSaveney, published 29 September 2017, updated 1 November 2017.