Rail Accidents

Sites

Hyde Railway Accident - Central Otago - 1943

Fact file from Christchurch City Libraries

Ongarue Railway accident - 1923

Fact file from Christchurch City Libraries

Rail Occurrence Reports

from the Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC)

Tangiwai Rail Disaster

New Zealand's worst rail disaster. Includes radio broadcasts and an 8mm film of the disaster site.
From nzhistory.net

Tangiwai Railway accident - 1953

Fact file from Christchurch City Libraries

Tangiwai railway disaster

It was New Zealand's worst-ever rail disaster. Listen to radio broadcasts from the time, and watch an 8 mm film of the Tangiwai disaster site. From nzhistory.net

Transport Accident Investigation Commission Te Komihana Tirotiro Aitua Waka

Responsible for the independent investigation of significant aviation, rail, and marine accidents and incidents. TAIC does not investigate road accidents or incidents except when the circumstances may have significant implications for the safety of, for example, the rail transport system.