They called it a harlequin dress, a knee-length jersey knit featuring brightly coloured diamond patterns.
That dress was one of the few items Diane Wilton was able to salvage from the Wahine ferry which sank on April 10, 1968.
Diane, now 81, and her late husband Ken were passengers on the ill-fated sailing from Lyttelton to Wellington in which 53 people died. The couple, who had recently married, were on their way to ran aground on rocks at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
