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Historic earthquakes

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• Earthquakes in Māori tradition

• The 1848 Marlborough earthquake

• The 1855 Wairarapa earthquake

• The 1888 North Canterbury earthquake

• The 1929 Arthur’s Pass and Murchison earthquakes

• The 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake

• In the Napier earthquake

• Rebuilding Napier

• The 1942 Wairarapa earthquakes

• The 1968 Īnangahua earthquake

• The 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake

• Earthquakes since 1942

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