THE WAHINE DOCUMENTARY

1968

Watch here. New Zealand's worst downfall at sea.

What went wrong. The seas were calm on the way out but upon returning the waves were torrentially high.

Unbeknownst to the crew, Cyclone Giselle was on her way.

Let's see what WIKI has to say.

• The Wahine. The Wahine was an inter-island ferry designed and built specifically for the Union Steamship Company of New...
• Final crossing. On the evening of 9 April 1968, the Wahine departed Lyttleton for a routine overnight crossing to...
• Aftermath. Ten weeks after the shipwrecking, a Court of Inquiry found errors of judgement had been made, but stressed...

Wahine disaster - Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Well, this is what I watched.

Children, babies, and others drowned and a few had their heads dashed upon rocks.

Please! Something pleasant now.

Certainly not the nightly news.

Guess what?  The frantic woman never called again.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE I CAN READ !!!