Greetings to you all My very warm greetings to all of you gathered here today: Your Excellency, to whom I give my very grateful thanks for hosting this event families of the Erebus victims members of the Diplomatic Corps, representing families from other nations members of Operation Overdue Hon Nikki Kaye, representing the Leader of the Opposition Mayor Goff representatives of the New Zealand Police and Defence Force Dame Therese Walsh and other representatives of Air New Zealand representatives of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Rev Dr Richard Waugh supporters and friends. The place of the departed is for them for us, the world of light – greetings to us all. Greetings distinguished guests In remembrance of the tragic events of Erebus On a high mountain, those who were loved, were lost We continue to grieve for them. Ko te pō ki a rātou, nau mai te ao ki a tātou, tēnā tātou. Kua titia rātou ki te manawa, mō te āke tonu. He kupu whakamahara tēnei i te aituā nui i Te Tiri o Te Moana, i Erebus I runga i tētahi maunga tiketike i riro atu rā tētahi hunga i arohanuitia E murimuri aroha tonu ana ki a rātou. "We invite all New Zealanders wherever they are in the world to pause for a minute and reflect on the event and the importance of safety at work and the responsibility we all have to look out for one another."Į aku manukura, tēnā koutou. "It changed the way the whole world thought about aviation safety and about our shared responsibilities to put safety first," he says. This was one of our worst industrial accidents, a day when 20 aviation workers lost their lives. "257 people from New Zealand and around the world died. "Erebus changed a nation," says E tū's Head of Aviation, Savage.
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The plane was lost from the fleet of the national carrier Air New Zealand was in full state ownership at that time.Įarlier in the afternoon, the E tū union held a service was held at the Erebus Crew Memorial Gardens at Auckland Airport. At 12.49pm the aircraft crashed into Mt Erebus in Antarctica, killing all 237 passengers and 20 crew.Įrebus remains the worst peacetime accident in New Zealand's history, the scale of loss shocked the nation. On the morning of November 28, 1979, Air New Zealand flight TE901 left Auckland for a sightseeing flight to Antarctica.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.Walsh says she apologises to the families, who were poorly treated by Air New Zealand staff.Īlso present at the gathering were members of the recovery team tasked with the job of recovering bodies of the dead.
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