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Crowds gather to commemorate 90th anniversary of Hawke s Bay earthquake

On this day in 1931, a 7.8 magnitude quake struck Hawke's Bay.

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Survivors remember the Hawke s Bay earthquake 90 years on

Survivors remember the Hawke s Bay earthquake 90 years on Tom Kitchin © RNZ / Tom Kitchin A 99-year-old remembers the struggles in the aftermath of the Hawke s Bay earthquake in 1931 that shattered and destroyed much of the region. Nola Manley was one of the survivors who attended a ceremony in Napier today, marking exactly 90 years since the quake. She was a nine-year-old schoolgirl in Havelock North when the quake struck and remembered rushing outside with her classmates. One boy got hit on the head with a brick as we came out, one off one of the chimneys, and a relation, they were up at the [local] baths and he got caught with a brick too.

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90 years on: Hawke s Bay earthquake to be commemorated with events

Ninety years ago a 7.8 magnitude quake devastated the Hawke's Bay region.

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Ninety years on: Hawke s Bay earthquake to be commemorated

Ninety years on: Hawke s Bay earthquake to be commemorated 25 Jan, 2021 10:16 PM 3 minutes to read The old Post Office building in Hastings on the corner of Queen and Russell Streets, after the quake. Photo / Supplied The old Post Office building in Hastings on the corner of Queen and Russell Streets, after the quake. Photo / Supplied Hawkes Bay Today By: Gianina Schwanecke Ninety years after the 1931 Hawke s Bay earthquake, a number of events have been organised to commemorate the sombre anniversary. On the morning of February 3, 1931, the Hawke s Bay region was rocked by a 7.8 magnitude quake that practically levelled the city of Napier and killed nearly 250 people.

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