Dear Supporter,

Since 1979 there has been ongoing silencing of the story of the Erebus disaster.  

The personal belongings of our family members, including the photos (films) found on the ice, were impounded by the Government of the day, not to be released for 100 years. They sit in cartons locked away in Archives in Wellington.

This silencing of the story of Erebus continues.  

Shifting the memorial out of Mataharehare-Taurarua-Dove Myer Robinson Park is very positive for Auckland – and I thank you, and 25,000 others, for your support of this petition.  I am thankful to have been able to help save this special park.

However, for Erebus families, including myself, the grief continues. I am asking for your help.  Please sign this new petition Change.org/RememberErebus

Ongoing sidelining 

This was New Zealand’s worst aviation disaster – and we hope it always will be.  As with any disaster, the only positive that can come from it, is if successive generations can learn from the mistakes that led to the crash on 28 November 1979.  

Yet future generations can only learn from the mistakes if the history is known.  

The Ministry for Culture and Heritage – which is charged with establishing the National Erebus Memorial – continues to side-line the story of Erebus, by failing to support the memorial being located next to, and sustained by, association with New Zealand’s museum of aviation history. 

Seeking your support

Please support this new petition to the Prime Minister, the Minster for Culture and Heritage, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, and local government representatives, to create a dedicated home for the National Erebus Memorial, in the most meaningful site, adjacent the aviation section of the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).   

A site adjacent this museum would ensure that when all current generations of Erebus family members are gone, the stories will be known by generations of school children and the wider community, in perpetuity.  

With your support, the worst disaster in New Zealand aviation history will take its rightful place in aviation history, its memory kept alive by the museum, alongside the honoured memorials of those who paid the ultimate price in service of this country at war.  The WWII Bomber Command and Sir Keith Park Memorial Aviation Collection.   

Please click on this link to sign the new petition:  Change.org/RememberErebus

For more information visit www.EMP.org.nz

Thank you again.

Your sincerely,

Margaret Brough

Daughter of the late Aubrey Brough