The series winner takes home the Tangiwai Shield, which commemorates the tragic events of the night of 24 December 1953. A train travelling from Wellington to Auckland crashed into the Whangaehu River at Tangiwai.
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The upcoming Test series between New Zealand and South Africa, set to begin on February 4 in Mount Maunganui, will now be played for the Tangiwai Shield. From now onwards, the Tests between New Zealand and South Africa will play for the shield .
The most poignant chapter in the long history of New Zealand and South African cricket is to be officially recognised with the unveiling of the Tangiwai Shield.
A new sporting trophy marking the historic Tangiwai Disaster will be played for, for the first time when New Zealand and South Africa contest the first cricket test in Tauranga this weekend.