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Thirty-two New Zealanders, including ten nurses, were killed when the troop transport Marquette was torpedoed by a German U-Boat. more...
The Lockheed Electra airliner ZK-AGK Kaka went missing in poor weather on a flight from Palmerston North to Hamilton. Searchers did not reach the wreckage until a week later. more...