My New Zealand Story: Journey to Tangiwai: The Diary of Peter Cotterill, Napier, 1953

My New Zealand Story: Journey to Tangiwai: The Diary of Peter Cotterill, Napier, 1953
David Hill
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1 Feb 2021 NZ
9781775436386
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The year is 1953. Peter Cotterill starts the year writing in a journal given to him by his Great Aunt. We follow him through a year of many changes as his town of Napier struggles through hard times in the aftermath of WWII. He joins the scouts and learns to overlook the small-town class structure. The story culminates in a train ride to Auckland with his fellow scouts on the eve of Christmas. In the night, unbeknownst to the travellers, a lahar washes away a railway bridge. The Tangiwai disaster, on the eve of Christmas 1953, remains one of the major disasters in New Zealand’s history.

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New Plymouth-based award-winning author David Hill (MNZOM), is a widely respected children's author and book reviewer.
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ISBN-13: 9781775436386
Published: 1 Feb 2021
Published In: New Zealand
Imprint: Scholastic New Zealand
Publisher: Scholastic New Zealand
Format: Paperback
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