Date of Declaration	Date of Termination	Area Involved or Making Declaration	Emergency	Notes
24.11.1967	24.11.67	Woodville County	Tornado
10.04.1968		Upper Hutt	Storm	Storm damage (Cyclone Giselle - the Wahine Storm)
10.04.1968		Gore/Mataura	Flooding	Cyclone Giselle. 300 evacuated in Gore & Mataura, 700 in Wyndham. Across the country this storm resulted in insurance claims of $140.4m (1994) of which the Wahine was worth $104m
24.05.1968	30.05.68	Inangahua County	Earthquake	2 deaths (3 others were killed in a helicopter accident during restoration work). 301 evacuees, EQC claims totalled $25.5m (1994)
24.05.1968	30.05.68	Buller combined	Earthquake
01.07.1968	01.07.68	Opotiki	Flooding and power failure
04.06.1970	07.06.70	Whakatane	Flooding
14.08.1970	18.08.70	Whakatane	Flooding	"Several families" evacuated
29.08.1970	01.09.70	Nelson	Flooding	2 deaths; "several families" evacuated
24.09.1970	24.09.70	Dannevirke	High Winds	(Declaration lasted 2 hours). 22 houses damaged
10.02.1971	16.02.71	Waikawa	Fire
24.02.1971	25.02.71	New Plymouth	Flooding	EQC claims totalled $17.5m (1994)
04.05.1971		Wairoa	Flooding
11.09.1971		Lawrence	Scrub fire	Fire threatened homes
13.06.1972	14.06.1972	Clutha County	Flooding	Inch Clutha and Paretai areas evacuated
31.07.1972		Taihape	Water supply failure
09.09.1972		Mataura	Flooding
28.02.1973	04.03.73	Parnell	Leaking Fumes	643 people sent to hospital for checks. "Over 4000 families" evacuated
02.03.1973		Tapanui	Grass Fires	Declaration made to assist mobilisation and welfare of fire fighters
16.07.1973		Whangarei/Hikurangi	Flooding
21.11.1973	22.11.73	Karamea	Flooding	"Several families" evacuated

Date of Declaration	Date of Termination	Area Involved or Making Declaration	Emergency	Notes
16.06.1974	16.06.74	Hastings Havelock North	Flooding	0930 till 1930; for low lying areas around Hastings
17.08.1974	19.08.74	Hawkes Bay County	Flooding	Clive, Haumoana and Te Awanga areas. 30 homes evacuated. Declared at 0130 on 17th, lifted at 0900 on 19th
25.09.1974	25.09.74	Lake County	Fire	7pm till 10pm
01.08.1975		Greytown	Storm
25.09.1975		Timaru	Gas Leak	Leak into sewage system
08.02.1976		Opunake	Flooding	Contamination of water supply
29.06.1976		Feilding	Flooding
07.09.1976		Paeroa	Flooding
20.12.1976	21.12.76	Lower Hutt	Flooding	Declared at 1500 on 20th, lifted 1500 on 21st. 43 families evacuated. Insurance claims totalled $40.92m (1991). Damage estimated at "close to" $85m (1991)
20.12.1976	21.12.76	Upper Hutt	Flooding	Declared at 1125 on 20th, terminated 1200 on 21st.
22.12.1976	23.12.76	Upper Hutt	Flooding	Second declaration for Pinehaven early at 1630 on 22nd, lifted at 1200 on 23rd. 22 families evacuated
19.01.1977		Greymouth	Flooding	Declared at 0330. 40 people evacuated
21.06.1977	22.06.77	Gisborne City	Flooding
04.07.1977		Wairewa County	Flooding	Declaration made for Little River
27.03.1978		Haast	Flooding
19.07.1978	20.07.1978	Te Aroha and Piako County	Storm	Winds up to 140 knots at Mt Te Aroha; train derailed on Piako River bridge; more than 100 homes damaged
19.07.1978	21.07.78	Thames	Storm & Flooding
14.10.1978	15.10.78	Tuapeka County	Flooding	Declaration included Roxburgh, Lawrence and Tapanui. All 17 homes at Kelso evacuated
14.10.1978	16.10.78	Clutha County	Flooding	Including Balclutha
14.10.1978	18.10.78	Bruce County	Flooding	Including Kaitangata. 200 evacuated at Paretai
14.10.1978	17.10.78	Southland County	Flooding	Including Gore and Wyndham. 700 evacuated overnight on 14th at Wyndham
14.10.1978	26.10.78	Mataura	Flooding	1826 people evacuated. Direct damage estimated at$30m (1991). (Insurance claims from this totalled $46.8m (1991). Stock losses: 30,000 sheep, 800 cattle, 900 beehives
14.10.1978	19.10.78	Invercargill, Bluff& Stewart Island	Flooding & Storm Damage
12.11.1978	13.11.78	Ohura	Flooding	Declared at 1820 on 27th; terminated at 0935 on 28th