He kirim¨¡ia ka rere ki roto i te ¨¡wh¨¡, Te Whanganui a Tara, te 2 o H¨±rae 1986
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Kaiurungi Reretopa Whakarauora Kirirarau, Peter Button
Peter Button with his son Clive
I te ata o te 2 o H¨±rae 1986, i totohu te poti Pirihimana o Aotearoa Lady Elizabeth II i te puaha o te Te Whanganui a Tara, tokowh¨¡ ng¨¡ Pirihimana i runga. He marangai te huarere, he ngaru t¨±¨¡tea 10 mita te teitei me ng¨¡ hau hutihuti rimu e 65 noti te mauhanga, ¨¡, he ua, he uakohatu t¨¡mutumutu hoki. Ahakoa ng¨¡ whakat¨±pato m¨ te kino o te ¨¡hua o te rangi ki te rere, ka m¨¡r¨ tonu ng¨¡ whakaaro o T¨¡ Button me tana tama ki te rere atu ki taua w¨¡hi. Tokorua ng¨¡ t¨¡ngata i kitea i te wai, ka h¨±tia ake ki roto i te reretopa, ka rere atu ki te ora. Ka auraki atu a T¨¡ Button ki taua w¨¡hi ko ia anake, n¨¡, i muri mai i ¨¥tahi whakam¨¡tauranga maha ka haongia ake te tinana o Pouwhakarite Philip Ward ki t¨¥tahi kupenga. Ko te t¨±p¨¡paku o te tangata tokowh¨¡ o Pirihimana Glenn Hughes, k¨©hai i kitea. Ka ngaro whakaait¨± ng¨¡ m¨rehu i roto i te w¨¡ poto noa ki te kore a T¨¡ Button me t¨na ringa rehe ki te haut¨± reretopa me t¨na m¨¡ia ki te tuku i a ia an¨ ki te ara o ait¨±.
[K¨¡heti R¨¡nana: 1987/11343]
[K¨¡heti Niu T¨©reni: 1987/4057]
The daring helicopter rescue
The daring helicopter rescue
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