This week marks 57 years since a tragic maritime disaster off Wellington's coast.
53 lives were lost on the 10th of April, 1968, when the Wahine struck Barrett Reef and sunk off Steeple Rock - it was the first major maritime tragedy which played out on radio and nightly news broadcasts in real time.
Wellington Museum has commemorated the anniversary with the installation of a significant relic from the ship.
The ship's brass wheel has been added to the extensive collection of objects salvaged from the Wahine, including the captain's chair and the main ship's bell.
The wheel was donated to the museum by the whānau of a man who was involved in the rescue operation and salvaged it in the weeks following the disaster.
Ian Wards is Wellington Museum's senior curator of taonga, or objects.
