3 Feb 2021

Survivors remember Hawke's Bay quake, 90 years on

From Checkpoint, 6:12 pm on 3 February 2021

Today marks 90 years since New Zealand's deadliest natural disaster.

The Hawke's Bay earthquake struck the cities of Napier and Hastings, killing 256 people.

[Video supplied by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, the film-maker was Edwin (Ted) Coubray]

The quake's anniversary was marked with an event in Napier, where crowds gathered to recall the deadly day - and the area's recovery in the years since.

RNZ Hawke's Bay reporter Tom Kitchin was there.