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Wellington was only a fledgling settlement of some 3000 people when it was struck by a cluster of devastating earthquakes in 1848. The fearful violence of the shocks, the destruction of property, and the frequency and continuance of the danger caused universal alarm, and it was f ...
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This tells the exciting and frightening story of New Zealand's biggest earthquake that hit in 1955 and was centred in Wellington and the Wairarapa. Grapes presents the early settlers' stories, analyses the damage, looks at how locals dealt with the political ramifications and exa ...
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This tells the story of the 1848 Wellington earthquake and the response of the settlers to it. It was regarded by those who experienced it as "a visitation, an expression of the wrath of the Almighty". Many settlers left the area as a result. Respected scienctist Grapes draws on ...
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