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Stained-glass memorial

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Stained-glass memorial

This stained-glass window in the Anglican church of St Matthew-in-the-City, Auckland, is a memorial to the victims of the Erebus crash. Stark and glowing, it is said to symbolise the unity of life and its inevitable brokenness.

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St Matthew-in-the-City

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Nancy Swarbrick, Air crashes – The 1979 Erebus crash , Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/6560/stained-glass-memorial (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.