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Kōrero: Tsunamis

Getting a good view

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Getting a good view

In May 1960, although most people evacuated coastal areas after a tsunami warning, some went to the coast to watch the wave arrive. In Dunedin a teacher took her class to St Clair beach, and cartoonist Sid Scales commented on the foolishness of such action.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Otago Daily Times, 28 May 1960

by Sid Scales

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Willem de Lange rāua ko Eileen McSaveney, Tsunamis – Living with tsunami hazards, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/cartoon/6242/getting-a-good-view (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Willem de Lange rāua ko Eileen McSaveney, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.