MBF24 Peter Jerram - The Team that Hit the Rocks

MARLBOROUGH BOOK FESTIVAL

Retired Marlborough veterinarian and author Peter Jerram discusses his compelling memoir The Team that Hit the Rocks with Nikki Macdonald.

In April 1968, the inter-island passenger ferry Wahine hit Barrett Reef at the entrance to Wellington Harbour in New Zealand’s worst recorded storm. Six and a half hours later the ship heeled over and sank, with the eventual loss of 53 lives. Just a few weeks into his first year at university, Peter was on board with his Lincoln College cricket team mates. He has written a riveting first hand account and investigated the tragedy to ask serious questions of the Court of Inquiry that followed.