Remember Wahine and keep talking

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Remember Wahine and keep talking

Barbara Docherty

Barbara Docherty

Wahine salvage operation after sinking
The Wahine sank in the entrance to Wellington Harbour on 10 April 1968, with 51 of the 764 on board losing their lives. Picture taken on 24 April, when salvage operations were well under way

A ferry capsizing in Wellington Harbour 50 years ago teaches us much about PTSD and the value in getting patients to open up about trauma, writes Barbara Docherty

Her frustration at watching bodies and orange life jackets swimming around in the sea in front of her but being powerless to do anything left her depr