OPINION: It's about time Erebus families got what they requested with a national memorial where all 257 names of New Zealand's worst peacetime disaster can be honoured and remembered. The accident controversy since the early 1980s has for too long overshadowed proper pastoral care of the Erebus families. Our advocacy group for a national memorial contacted many Erebus families. In 2017 the Government heard the pleas of Erebus families. Local residents now have the privilege of embracing the Erebus families with the new national memorial, on behalf of all New Zealanders.

Source: Stuff December 02, 2019 17:01 UTC