Floods – Hawke's Bay
Hawke's Bay County flooding
Start
17 Aug 1974
1:30 AM
Finish
19 Aug 1974
9:00 AM
Clive, Haumoana and Te Awanga areas. 30 homes evacuated. Declared at 0130 on 17th, lifted at 0900 on 19th
Floods – Hawke's Bay
Hastings Havelock North flooding
Start
16 Jun 1974
9:30 AM
Finish
16 Jun 1974
9:30 AM
0930 till 1930; for low lying areas around Hastings
Floods – West Coast
Karamea flooding
Start
21 Nov 1973
Finish
22 Nov 1973
Several families evacuated
Floods – Northland
Whangarei Hikurangi flooding
Start
16 Jul 1973
Finish
16 Jul 1973
Whangarei Hikurangi flooding
Wildfire – Otago
Tapanui grass fires
Start
02 Mar 1973
Finish
02 Mar 1973
Declaration made to assist mobilisation and welfare of fire fighters
Hazardous substance incidents – Auckland
Parnell leaking fumes
Start
28 Feb 1973
Finish
04 Mar 1973
643 people sent to hospital for checks. "Over 4000 families" evacuated
Floods – Southland
Mataura flooding
Start
09 Sep 1972
Finish
09 Sep 1972
Mataura flooding
Infrastructure failure – Manawatū - Whanganui
Taihape water supply failure
Start
31 Jul 1972
Finish
31 Jul 1972
Taihape water supply failure
Floods – Otago
Clutha County flooding
Start
13 Jun 1972
Finish
14 Jun 1972
Clutha and Paretai areas evacuated
Wildfire – Otago
Lawrence scrub fire
Start
11 Sep 1971
Finish
11 Sep 1971
Fire threatened homes
Floods – Hawke's Bay
Wairoa flooding
Start
04 May 1971
Finish
04 May 1971
Floods – Taranaki
New Plymouth flooding
Start
24 Feb 1971
Finish
25 Feb 1971
EQC claims totalled $17.5m (1994)
Wildfire – Marlborough
Waikawa fire
Start
10 Feb 1971
Finish
16 Feb 1971
Waikawa fire
Severe weather – Manawatū - Whanganui
Dannevirke high winds
Start
24 Sep 1970
Finish
24 Sep 1970
(Declaration lasted 2 hours). 22 houses damaged
Floods – Nelson - Tasman
Nelson flooding
Start
29 Aug 1970
Finish
01 Sep 1970
2 deaths. Several families evacuated.
Floods – Bay of Plenty
Whakatane flooding
Start
14 Aug 1970
Finish
18 Aug 1970
Several families evacuated
Floods – Bay of Plenty
Whakatane flooding
Start
04 Jun 1970
Finish
07 Jun 1970
Whakatane flooding
Floods – Bay of Plenty
Opotiki flooding and power failure
Start
01 Jul 1968
Finish
01 Jul 1968
Opotiki flooding and power failure
Earthquakes – West Coast
Buller combined earthquake
Start
24 May 1968
Finish
30 May 1968
Buller combined earthquake
Earthquakes – West Coast
Inangahua County earthquake
Start
24 May 1968
Finish
30 May 1968
2 deaths (3 others were killed in a helicopter accident during restoration work). 301 evacuees, EQC claims totalled $25.5m (1994)