Retrace some of NZ's darkest days to reveal the stories, secrets and lessons learnt from our most famous disasters.
Hyde Train Crash - 1943
Kaimai Plane Crash - 1963
On July 3rd 1963, a National Airways Corporation DC3 slammed into a rocky ravine deep in the Kaimai Ranges. All 23 passengers and crew were killed. Simon Gault looks back at this tragic story.
Strongman Mine Disaster - 1967
West Coast's Leigh Hart revisits his old hometown of Runanga, where in 1967,it was one of several West Coast towns devastated by the Strongman Mine disaster.
Shipwreck of the S.S. Wairarapa - 1894
135 people lost their lives when the S.S. Wairarapa steamed straight into rocks on Great Barrier Island. Andrew Fagan uncovers the stories of heroism and downright cowardice on that tragic night.
Hawkes Bay Earthquake - 1931
The Hawkes Bay Earthquake of 1931 is New Zealand's deadliest earthquake with over 250 people killed and hundreds more injured. Gary McCormick looks back at this tragic event.
Influenza Pandemic - 1918
In 1918, 8500 New Zealanders lost their lives in a influenza pandemic that swept the world, Judy Bailey investigates the affect it had on New Zealand.
Drift Lamborghini: Building Mad Mike's Dream Car
2019
Witness to Disaster
Zoom New Zealand
2015
Last Chance to See
2009
Billy Connolly's World Tour of New Zealand
2004
Kids: An Instruction Manual with Nigel Latta
2020
Caravan of Life
2011
Kiwiland
Wildest New Zealand
2017
Mayday
2003
Surviving Disaster
2006
Circuit
Trainwreck: Woodstock '99
2022
The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook
2018
Modern Marvels
1993
Departures
2008
Vulkane in Neuseeland
The Great Kanto Earthquake: Three Days of Ruin in Tokyo
2023
Seconds from Disaster
2005
Coast New Zealand
2016