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Home > For the CDEM Sector > Emergency declarations

Emergency Declarations 1987-1988

Date of Declaration Date of Termination Area Involved or Making Declaration Emergency Notes

02.03.1987
at 1345 hrs Whakatane Earthquake Initial declaration made at 1450 hrs following 6.5 earthquake

02.03.1987 05.03.87 Bay of Plenty Region Earthquake Made at 1517 hours. Over 5000 people left their homes. Concluded at 1800 hrs on the 5th. Insurance claims totalled $408.6m (1994). Agricultural assistance $5.87m (1991)

05.03.1987 12.03.87 Whakatane Earthquake Made at 1800 hours. DRC appointed 05.03.87 for 14 days. Reappointed on 19.03.87 for another 14 days.

10.03.1987 10.03.87 Southland Region flooding For Wallace County, declared at 1618 hrs

10.03.1987 11.03.87 Southland Region flooding Declared at 1755 hours for all region except Invercargill City and Bluff Borough. 700 evacuated at Otautau and some at Gore and Mataura

11.03.1987 12.03.87 Vincent Combined Flooding Declaration for: Vincent County & Cromwell and Alexandra Boroughs

11.03.1987 13.03.87 Southland Region Flooding For whole region excluding Bluff Borough (i.e. including Invercargill). Declared at 1830 hrs

13.03.1987 16.03.87 Southland Region Flooding For all regions except Bluff Borough & Gore/Mataura (where emergency ended 0930 hrs on 13th). Final termination at 1330 on 16th

19.03.1987 19.03.87 Thames Valley UC Fire A bush fire above Thames in the night required evacuation of some 130 people for several hours. (Declared 0400)

24.03.1987 08.04.87 Napier Hastings/Havelock Pre- cautionary Fire services strikes (Declarations were from 0900 hrs to 1000 hrs each day from 24.03 to 08.04. In each centre 4 separate declarations were involved)

Date of Declaration Date of Termination Area Involved or Making Declaration Emergency Notes

07.03.1988 07.03.88 Poverty Bay Combined Flooding Cyclone Bola (from 1627 to 2100 hrs)

07.03.1988* East Cape Region Flooding Cyclone Bola (made at 2100 hrs)

25.03.88 East Cape Region Flooding Re-extended: applied to Poverty Bay, Waikohu County and Waiapu County. DRC appointed on 09.03.88 for 28 days. Reappointed on 01.04 and 01.05 (28 days each time). 3000 people were evacuated at Gisborne and 400 at Te Karaka. 3 deaths. The East Cape and Poverty Bay insurance losses were $3.53m and Gisborne losses $4.58m (both 1991 and excluding EQC)

08.03.1988 17.03.88 Wairoa Flooding Cyclone Bola. 330 people evacuated. Wairoa insurance losses (excluding EQC) were $3.79m (1991)

08.03.1988 10.03.88 Nth Taranaki Combined CD District Wind Cyclone Bola

08.03.1988 10.03.88 Egmont County Wind Cyclone Bola. Insurance losses in Taranaki were $15.95m (1991) excluding EQC

08.03.1988 Thames Valley UC Flooding Cyclone Bola. 84 evacuees

09.03.1988 10.03.88 Hawkes Bay County Flooding Cyclone Bola

10.03.1988 13.03.88 North Kaipara Flooding Cyclone Bola. 2 deaths. Northland insurance losses were $3.72m (1991) excluding EQC

11.03.1988 13.03.88 Hawkes Bay UC Flooding Cyclone Bola: for areas from Whirinaki Bluff to Raupunga. Over the whole country insurance losses in Bola totalled $42.74m (1991) excluding EQC claims

20.05.1988 23.05.88 Greymouth Flooding For Greymouth Borough. 402 people evacuated from 102 houses. Stock losses 1800 sheep, 163 cattle, 35 pigs The Grey peaked at 5100 cumecs. Insurance (excl EQC) $3.7m (1994)

17.07.1988 18.07.88 West Auckland Flooding 32 people evacuated

24.07.1988 27.07.88 Palmerston Nth Flooding For City area. 1200 evacuated. Declared at 2212 Sunday; lifted at 0900 Wednesday

02.09.1988 03.09.88 Manawatu/Foxton Flooding Kopane/Lockwood area of Manawatu County

13.09.1988 West Coast Flooding Declared at 0913 for Greymouth Borough and Grey and Inangahua Counties.

14.09.88 (Inangahua County) One death. 356 people evacuated from 183 houses. Insurance claims $15.6m (1994) excluding EQC.

(see above) 16.09.88 (Greymouth Borough and Grey County) DRC appointed 16.9.88. Stock losses 1380 sheep, 80 cattle, 6 deer. The Grey peaked at 5800 cumecs

13.09.1988 14.09.88 West Coast Flooding Declared at 1439 for Runanga Borough

16.09.1988 22.09.88 Greymouth Borough Flooding

Date of Declaration	Date of Termination	Area Involved or Making Declaration	Emergency	Notes
02.03.1987 at 1345 hrs		Whakatane	Earthquake	Initial declaration made at 1450 hrs following 6.5 earthquake
02.03.1987	05.03.87	Bay of Plenty Region	Earthquake	Made at 1517 hours. Over 5000 people left their homes. Concluded at 1800 hrs on the 5th. Insurance claims totalled $408.6m (1994). Agricultural assistance $5.87m (1991)
05.03.1987	12.03.87	Whakatane	Earthquake	Made at 1800 hours. DRC appointed 05.03.87 for 14 days. Reappointed on 19.03.87 for another 14 days.
10.03.1987	10.03.87	Southland Region	flooding	For Wallace County, declared at 1618 hrs
10.03.1987	11.03.87	Southland Region	flooding	Declared at 1755 hours for all region except Invercargill City and Bluff Borough. 700 evacuated at Otautau and some at Gore and Mataura
11.03.1987	12.03.87	Vincent Combined	Flooding	Declaration for: Vincent County & Cromwell and Alexandra Boroughs
11.03.1987	13.03.87	Southland Region	Flooding	For whole region excluding Bluff Borough (i.e. including Invercargill). Declared at 1830 hrs
13.03.1987	16.03.87	Southland Region	Flooding	For all regions except Bluff Borough & Gore/Mataura (where emergency ended 0930 hrs on 13th). Final termination at 1330 on 16th
19.03.1987	19.03.87	Thames Valley UC	Fire	A bush fire above Thames in the night required evacuation of some 130 people for several hours. (Declared 0400)
24.03.1987	08.04.87	Napier Hastings/Havelock	Pre- cautionary	Fire services strikes (Declarations were from 0900 hrs to 1000 hrs each day from 24.03 to 08.04. In each centre 4 separate declarations were involved)