Rānui - memorials and memories moments in history

Before Pae Korokī and Papers Past, the New Zealand Room librarians would note topics of interest in an alphabetised card catalogue, this is their selection of mentions of the Ranui disaster in the Bay of Plenty Times and other sources.

1975: Bay of Plenty Times reporter Phil Smith examined pieces of the wreckage of the Rānui for an article 'Engine grim testimony of tragedy', 17 September 1975.

1984: Timescan published a short series 'Rānui disaster', 10 and 17 January 1984. [Ams 487/6 Scrapbook 1, p 33, 35].

1988: Photo before wreck. Historic Review: Bay of Plenty Journal of History, 36(2), November 1988.

1989: Memories of long-ago tragedy, Timescan, 13 October 1989.

1990:

• Plaque to mark 1950 tragedy. Bay of Plenty Times, 20 December 1990.
• Crowd gathers to mark Ranui tragedy. Bay of Plenty Times, 20 December 1990.

1991:

• Ranui shipwreck. Memories of tragedy on Mount rocks. Bay News, 10 January 1991.
• Plaque marks wreck. Bay of Plenty Times, 21 January 1991.

1997:

• Article on Trevor Williams and the Rānui. Timescan, 4 August 1997.
• No one left alive except for one man. Account of Ranui disaster. Features comments by sole survivor Philip Smith. Bay of Plenty Times 125 year supplement, 4 September 1997.

1999: Remembering the day the Rānui sunk. Mount and Pāpāmoa Times, 25 February 1999.