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The Tangiwai disaster was caused by a lahar which flowed down into the Whangaehu river carrying away the Rail bridge. It was around 10pm when the Wellington to Auckland express carrying nine carriages and one engine, travelling around 60 to 70/kph passed right over the broken down railbridge. The tragedy was one of New Zealands worst disasters in history.

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