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 * The Wahine sunk 7 miles away from Seatoun.
 * .51 people died.
 * .Man risked his life to help people on the Wahine.
 * .One ship threw tow lines but they broke.
 * .The radar was not working and that is how it hit the reef.
 * There were two stomrs when the Wahine sunk one storm came from the north and one came from the south.
 * .The waves were 6 metres high.
 * .happened on the 10 of april 1968.
 * .At 6.10am the //Wahine// came opposite Pencarrow Head at the harbour entrance.
 * ..Captain Robertson decided to wait for the storm to abate or for a tug to tow them to safer waters.
 * The propaler was in the water.
 * It was going from Lyttleton Wellington.
 * It was one of the largest ships in the world.
 * it could fit almost 1 thousand people.