3 Feb 2021

90 years since the Napier earthquake

From Afternoons, 1:28 pm on 3 February 2021

A special service has been held in Napier today to mark 90 years since the deadly magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck.

Reporter Tom Kitchin is in Napier and talks to Jesse about the service and what survivors of that quake have shared with him about the day.

Buildings ruined by the 1931 earthquake, Napier. Ref: 1/2-048342-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23196173

Buildings ruined by the 1931 earthquake, Napier. Ref: 1/2-048342-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23196173 Photo: Alexander Turnbull Library