Erebus disaster memorial at Auckland Airport

Memorial plaque and gardens dedicated to the crew and attendants who died in the Mt Erebus disaster.

On 28 November 2000, on the 21st anniversary of the Erebus disaster, work began on a memorial garden dedicated to the fifteen flight attendants and five flight crew who died in the crash. This was situated between Tom Pearce Drive and the Pukaki Creek, overlooking the eastern approaches to Auckland International Airport. Reverend Jim Rauwhero gave the blessing, and Bob Morrison, the father of one of the victims, turned the first sod.

The garden was opened early the following year. The twenty names were recorded on a plaque set into a memorial stone at the centre of the garden, and one native shrub was planted for each victim.

See: ‘Special place to remember Erebus’, Manukau Courier, 1/12/2000, p. 1.