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Aftermath of the Edgecumbe quake

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This Television New Zealand news coverage of 2 March 1987 reports the aftermath of the Edgecumbe earthquake.

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Eileen McSaveney, Historic earthquakes – The 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/4539/aftermath-of-the-edgecumbe-quake (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Eileen McSaveney, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 November 2017.