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English: On 24 May 1968, an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale struck the West Coast and devastated the settlement at Īnangahua Junction. As a direct result of the quake, three people were killed and another three died days later when a helicopter came down. At Whitecliffs, down the Westport road from Īnangahua Junction, Rona Jackson was killed when cliffs collapsed, crushing her house.

These images are from the Ministry of Civil Defence, highlighting the impact of the earthquake. New Zealand’s first organised civil defence was prompted by fears of air raids and poison-gas attacks during the Second World War – and fears of nuclear attack in the 1950s. In the 2000s natural disasters such as floods, landslides and earthquakes were the focus of civil-defence planning and activities.

Archives reference: ABUG 7881 W5083 16 P90/4

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