Earthquake

The Hawkes Bay earthquake was New Zealands worst civil disaster Over 250 people died following the 78 quake on 3 February 1931 In this fulllength documentary director Gaylene Preston Hope and Wire gathers eyewitness accounts from survivors including kuia Hana Lyola Cotter who recounts joining the rescue effort as a teen poet Lauris Edmond and a student from Greenmeadows Seminary Included is eyeopening newsreel footage of the damage Earthquake was nominated for Best Popular Documentary at the 2006 Qantas TV Awards it won best sound at the NZ Screen Awards