Date of Declaration	Date of Termination	Area Involved or Making Declaration	Emergency	Notes
27.01.1979	28.01.79	Mataura	Flooding	Declared at 1820 on 27th; terminated at 0935 on 28th
07.03.1979	09.03.79	Franz Josef	Flooding	28 people evacuated
18.04.1979	19.04.79	Waitara Borough	Fire
06.08.1979	10.09.79	Green Is Borough	Landslip	Abbotsford. From 20.08 each extension was for a smaller area. Over 600 people evacuated. EQC claims totalled $7.17m (1991)
02.12.1979	04.12.79	Mackenzie Cty	Storm damage	Included Mt Cook
17.01.1980	18.01.80	Milton Borough Bruce County Kaitangata Bgh Clutha County Balclutha Bgh Gore Borough	Flooding
17.01.1980	19.01.80	Mataura Borough	Flooding	1500 people evacuated
17.01.1980	21.01.80	Tuapeka County	Flooding	Kelso & Waitahuna. 50 people evacuated at Kelso. Insurance claims from this event totalled $9.36m (1991)
17.01.1980	21.01.80	Southland County	Flooding
17.03.1980	18.03.80	Chatham Island	Storm	18 people evacuated
10.04.1980	11.04.80	Featherston Cnty	Flooding	Not gazetted. 10 families evacuated
04.06.1980	05.06.80	Dunedin City	Landslips
05.06.1980	06.06.80	Tuapeka County	Flooding	Included Kelso & Tapanui. 50 people evacuated at Kelso
05.06.1980	06.06.80	Clutha County	Flooding
05.06.1980	03.07.80	Silverpeaks County	Flooding	Declaration for Taieri Plain, 1400 people evacuated. Cost estimated at $86m (1991) Agricultural assistance $1.72m (1991)
11.06.1980	11.06.80	N.Plymouth City	Flooding	10 houses evacuated. The Otago and New Plymouth event(s) resulted in insurance claims of $24.54m (1991)
16.06.1980	16.06.80	Featherston Bgh	Storm
28.09.1980	28.09.80	Marton Borough	LPG leakage	1500 people evacuated

Date of Declaration	Date of Termination	Area Involved or Making Declaration	Emergency	Notes
20.03.1981	20.03.81	Kerikeri	Flash flood	(1 death). Insurance claims (excluding EQC) were $5m (1994)
12.04.1981	21.04.81	Paeroa Borough Ohinemuri County	Flooding	2250 evacuees in Thames, Paeroa, Waihi. Insurance claims totalled $19.82m (1991)
13.04.1981	16.04.81	Thames-Coromandel	Flooding
10.07.1983	11.07.83	Golden Bay	Flooding	140 people evacuated at Takaka and about 12 at Tapawera. Declared at 0220, lifted at 0945 NCB estimated damage at $4.9m (1991)
10.07.1983	12.07.83	Marlborough	Flooding	Declared at 0817. Ended 1700. About 60 people were evacuated. Stock losses were 25500 sheep, 1000 pigs, 130 cattle, 4 horses
21.10.1983	22.10.83	Marlborough	Flooding	Declared at 1930, lifted at 0820
21.10.1983	22.10.83	Golden Bay	Flooding	Declared at 1737, lifted at 0824. The July and October events in Golden Bay and Marlborough together resulted in insurance claims of $7.09m (1991). Agricultural assistance in October was $0.16m (1991)
27.01.1984	09.02.84	Southland Region	Flooding	Excluded: Boroughs of Gore, Mataura, Bluff & Winton and County of Stewart Island.
	15.02.84	Southland Region	Flooding	For Invercargill City
	22.02.85	Thames Borough and Thames Valley Region	Flooding/ landslip	4 deaths. 170 evacuated in Te Aroha, some at Thames. Insurance claims excluding EQC totalled $9.4m (1994)
26.07.1985	26.07.85	Poverty Bay Combined District	Flooding	DRC appointed. About 100 evacuated Declared at 0620 and terminated 1620. Insurance claims excluding EQC totalled $2.7m (1994). Agricultural assistance $0.95m (1991)
25.01.1986	26.01.86	Nelson Bays Region	Flooding	For whole region. About 150 evacuated. Insurance claims excluding EQC totalled $0.6m (1994). Agricultural assistance $0.16m (1991)
13.03.1986	16.03.86	Aorangi Region	Flooding	Declaration for whole region
16.03.1986	24.03.86	Aorangi Region	Flooding	Declaration for: Strathallan County, Waimate Combined District, Temuka Borough and Timaru City. The Waihao peaked at 1250 cumecs (design was 800). DRC appointed on 16.3.86 for 28 days, renewed for 28 days and concluded 11.5.86. 1160 people evacuated from Pleasant Point to Timaru and 200 from Seadown to Temuka. One death. Insurance claims, excluding EQC totalled $27.2m (1994). Rail and road damage was estimated at $30.65m (1991). Agricultural assistance estimated at $4.67m (1991)
11.08.1986	12.08.86	Aorangi Region	Flooding	Declaration for Milford Riding (Strathallan County) and Temuka Borough. 65 evacuated. Agricultural assistance $4.79m (1991)
11.08.1986	12.08.86	Rangiora	Flooding	For: Rangiora & Kaiapoi Boroughs Eyre County & Rangiora District. 320 people evacuated at Waikuku Beach. Declared 1510, lifted 0730