"You really just have to ask anybody whose been through an unpleasant or traumatic event, talking about it sometimes does actually help and I think also it is a way of just keeping those memories alive and also informing future generations of a pretty traumatic period in New Zealand's history in the 1970s."Ī recent survey by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage of relatives and those who recovered the bodies suggests any memorial should have three things - the names of those who lost their lives, a place to sit and reflect, and reference to Antarctica. "For those of us that were directly involved, it's still pretty raw," Mr Stewart said. He said with the passage of time those who were too young or weren't even born may wonder why a memorial was necessary. Phil Stewart's aunt, Dawn Matthews, was one of those killed. ![]() Nearly 39 years on, those who were touched by the tragedy say a national memorial would give them a place where families can gather to reflect and remember. The Air New Zealand sightseeing flight crashed into the lower slopes of Mount Erebus with 257 passengers aboard in Antarctica on 28 November, 1979. ![]() Mount Erebus tragedy: Victims to be remembered with memorialĬatherine Hutton, Senior $3 million memorial to remember the victims of the country's worst ever aircraft crash, the Mount Erebus disaster, has finally been announced to the relief of victims' families.įrom today, architects and designers will be able to start putting forward their ideas for the National Erebus Memorial, which is likely to be built in Auckland.
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