Nz earthquake

Peter Price was just 2 years old when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Hawke's Bay in 1931, but he remembers it had a profound and ongoing impact on his ...

“My sister had her arms locked around the headmaster. Peter Price addressed those gathered, sharing that he was the 10th of 12 children and that after the earthquake his mother put him in a pushchair and headed to Parkvale School to collect his brothers and sisters. Peter Price was just 2 years old when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Hawke’s Bay in 1931, but he remembers it had a profound and ongoing impact on his family as he grew up.