The NZALPA website
www.erebus.co.nz is essential reading for anyone with an interest in this accident.
Here can be found the original Chippindale and Mahon reports in full. They are lengthy documents, scanned and presented as a series of PDFs which makes them not the easiest of reading. Time and perseverance are essential.
One would have hoped that the words of reconciliation by Rob Fyfe (Air New Zealand CEO) at the thirtieth anniversary might have healed the wounds caused in no small part by previous ANZ management. Evidently not - it appears there will always be differing views on where responsibility and blame begin and end, and passions are too strong.
If there can be a simple summary of a complex situation, I would endorse BOAC's post #3: -
An excellent 'Swiss Cheese' example with failures at all levels.