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Kōrero: Historic earthquakes

Whārangi 18. Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

From page 1 - Earthquakes in Māori tradition

From page 2 - The 1848 Marlborough earthquake

From page 3 - The 1855 Wairarapa earthquake

From page 4 - The 1888 North Canterbury earthquake

From page 5 - The 1929 Arthur’s Pass and Murchison earthquakes

From page 6 - The 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake

From page 7 - In the Napier earthquake

From page 8 - Rebuilding Napier

From page 9 - The 1942 Wairarapa earthquakes

From page 10 - The 1968 Īnangahua earthquake

From page 11 - The 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake

From page 12 - The 2010 Canterbury (Darfield) earthquake

From page 13 - The 2011 Christchurch earthquake

From page 15 - Marlborough earthquakes – 2013 and 2016

From page 16 - Personal stories of earthquakes since 1942

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Eileen McSaveney, Historic earthquakes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/story/12182/media (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Eileen McSaveney, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 November 2017.