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Magnitude eight plus : New Zealand's biggest earthquake /

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Grapes, Rodney

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TextPublication details: 2000Description: 208 p. 24 cmSubject(s):

Summary: This tells the exciting and frightening story of New Zealand's biggest earthquake that hit in 1955 and was centred in Wellington and the Wairarapa. Grapes presents the early settlers' stories, analyses the damage, looks at how locals dealt with the political ramifications and examines the geology of the region to work out why it occured.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Non-Fiction - New Zealand	Waimate Non-Fiction	Non Fiction	551.22 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Not for loan		A0027243X

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This tells the exciting and frightening story of New Zealand's biggest earthquake that hit in 1955 and was centred in Wellington and the Wairarapa. Grapes presents the early settlers' stories, analyses the damage, looks at how locals dealt with the political ramifications and examines the geology of the region to work out why it occured.

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