Floods – Tairawhiti
Poverty Bay Combined District fooding
Start
26 Jul 1985
Finish
26 Jul 1985
DRC appointed. About 100 evacuated Declared at 0620 and terminated 1620. Insurance claims excluding EQC totalled $2.7m (1994). Agricultural assistance $0.95m (1991)
Floods – Waikato
Thames Borough and Thames Valley Region flooding and landslip
Start
27 Jan 1984
Finish
22 Feb 1985
4 deaths. 170 evacuated in Te Aroha, some at Thames. Insurance claims excluding EQC totalled $9.4m (1994)
Floods – Southland
Invercargill City flooding
Start
27 Jan 1984
Finish
15 Feb 1984
for Invercargill City
Floods – Southland
Southland region flooding
Start
27 Jan 1984
Finish
09 Feb 1984
Excluded: Boroughs of Gore, Mataura, Bluff & Winton and County of Stewart Island.
Floods – Marlborough
Marlborough flooding
Start
21 Oct 1983
7:30 PM
Finish
22 Oct 1983
8:20 AM
Declared at 1930, lifted at 0820
Floods – Marlborough
Marlborough flooding
Start
10 Jul 1983
8:17 AM
Finish
12 Jul 1983
5:00 PM
Declared at 0817. Ended 1700. About 60 people were evacuated. Stock losses were 25500 sheep, 1000 pigs, 130 cattle, 4 horses
Floods – Nelson - Tasman
Golden Bay flooding
Start
10 Jul 1983
2:20 AM
Finish
11 Jul 1983
9:45 AM
140 people evacuated at Takaka and about 12 at Tapawera. Declared at 0220, lifted at 0945 NCB estimated damage at $4.9m (1991)
Floods – Waikato
Thames-Coromandel flooding
Start
13 Apr 1981
Finish
16 Apr 1981
Floods – Waikato
Paeroa Borough Ohinemuri County flooding
Start
12 Apr 1981
Finish
21 Apr 1981
2250 evacuees in Thames, Paeroa, Waihi. Insurance claims totalled $19.82m (1991)
Floods – Northland
Kerikeri flash flood
Start
20 Mar 1981
Finish
20 Mar 1981
(1 death). Insurance claims (excluding EQC) were $5m (1994)
Hazardous substance incidents – Manawatū - Whanganui
Marton Borough LPG Leakage
Start
28 Sep 1980
Finish
28 Sep 1980
Marton Borough LPG Leakage. 1500 people evacuated.
Severe weather – Wellington
Featherston Borough storm
Start
16 Jun 1980
Finish
28 Sep 1980
Featherston Borough storm
Floods – Taranaki
New Plymouth City flooding
Start
11 Jun 1980
Finish
11 Jun 1980
10 houses evacuated. The Otago and New Plymouth event(s) resulted in insurance claims of $24.54m (1991)
Floods – Otago
Silverpeaks County flooding
Start
05 Jun 1980
Finish
03 Jul 1980
Declaration for Taieri Plain, 1400 people evacuated. Cost estimated at $86m (1991) Agricultural assistance $1.72m (1991)
Floods – Otago
Clutha County flooding
Start
05 Jun 1980
Finish
06 Jun 1980
Clutha County flooding
Floods – Otago
Tuapeka County flooding
Start
05 Jun 1980
Finish
06 Jun 1980
Included Kelso & Tapanui. 50 people evacuated at Kelso
Landslides – Otago
Dunedin City landslips
Start
04 Jun 1980
Finish
05 Jun 1980
Dunedin City landslips
Floods – Wellington
Featherston County flooding
Start
10 Apr 1980
Finish
11 Apr 1980
Featherston County flooding. Not gazetted. 10 families evacuated.
Severe weather – Chatham Islands
Chatham Island storm
Start
17 Mar 1980
Finish
18 Mar 1980
Chatham Island storm. 18 people evacuated.
Floods – Southland
Southland County flooding
Start
17 Jan 1980
Finish
21 Jan 1980
Southland County flooding
Floods – Otago
Tuapeka County flooding
Start
17 Jan 1980
Finish
21 Jan 1980
Kelso & Waitahuna. 50 people evacuated at Kelso. Insurance claims from this event totalled $9.36m (1991)
Floods – Southland
Mataura Borough flooding
Start
17 Jan 1980
Finish
19 Jan 1980
Mataura Borough flooding. 1500 people evacuated.
Floods – Otago
Milton Borough flooding
Start
17 Jan 1980
Finish
18 Jan 1980
Flooding - Milton Borough, Bruce County, Kaitangata Borough, Clutha County, Balclutha Borough, Gore Borough
Severe weather – Canterbury
Mackenzie County storm damage
Start
02 Dec 1979
Finish
04 Dec 1979
Mackenzie County storm damage. Included Mt Cook.
Landslides – Otago
Abbotsford landslip
Start
06 Aug 1979
Finish
10 Sep 1979
Abbotsford. From 20.08 each extension was for a smaller area. Over 600 people evacuated. EQC claims totalled $7.17m (1991)
Wildfire – Taranaki
Waitara Borough fire
Start
18 Apr 1979
Finish
19 Apr 1979
Waitara Borough fire
Floods – West Coast
Franz Josef flooding
Start
07 Mar 1979
Finish
09 Mar 1979
Franz Josef flooding. 28 people evacuated.
Floods – Southland
Mataura flooding
Start
27 Jan 1979
6:20 PM
Finish
28 Jan 1979
9:35 AM
Declared at 1820 on 27th; terminated at 0935 on 28th
Floods – Manawatū - Whanganui
Ohura flooding
Start
12 Nov 1978
6:20 PM
Finish
13 Nov 1978
9:35 AM
Declared at 1820 on 27th; terminated at 0935 on 28th
Floods – Southland
Invercargill, Bluff & Stewart Island flooding and storm damage
Start
14 Oct 1978
Finish
19 Oct 1978
Invercargill, Bluff & Stewart Island flooding and storm damage
Floods – Southland
Mataura flooding
Start
14 Oct 1978
Finish
19 Oct 1978
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
Floods – Southland
Southland County flooding
Start
14 Oct 1978
Finish
17 Oct 1978
Including Gore and Wyndham. 700 evacuated overnight on 14th at Wyndham
Floods – Otago
Bruce County flooding
Start
14 Oct 1978
Finish
18 Oct 1978
Including Kaitangata. 200 evacuated at Paretai
Floods – Otago
Clutha County flooding
Start
14 Oct 1978
Finish
16 Oct 1978
Including Balclutha
Floods – Otago
Tuapeka County flooding
Start
14 Oct 1978
Finish
15 Oct 1978
Declaration included Roxburgh, Lawrence and Tapanui. All 17 homes at Kelso evacuated
Severe weather – Waikato
Thames storm and flooding
Start
19 Jul 1978
Finish
21 Jul 1978
Thames storm and flooding
Severe weather – Waikato
Te Aroha and Piako County Storm
Start
19 Jul 1978
Finish
20 Jul 1978
Winds up to 140 knots at Mt Te Aroha; train derailed on Piako River bridge; more than 100 homes damaged
Floods – West Coast
Haast flooding
Start
27 Mar 1978
Finish
27 Mar 1978
Haast flooding
Floods – Canterbury
Wairewa flooding
Start
04 Jul 1977
Finish
04 Jul 1977
Declaration made for Little River
Floods – Tairawhiti
Gisborne City flooding
Start
21 Jun 1977
Finish
22 Jun 1977
Gisborne City flooding
Floods – West Coast
Greymouth flooding
Start
19 Jan 1977
3:30 AM
Finish
19 Jan 1977
Declared at 0330. 40 people evacuated
Floods – Wellington
Upper Hutt flooding
Start
22 Dec 1976
4:30 PM
Finish
23 Dec 1976
12:00 PM
Second declaration for Pinehaven early at 1630 on 22nd, lifted at 1200 on 23rd. 22 families evacuated
Floods – Wellington
Lower Hutt flooding
Start
20 Dec 1976
3:00 PM
Finish
21 Dec 1976
3:00 PM
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)
Floods – Wellington
Upper Hutt flooding
Start
20 Dec 1976
11:25 AM
Finish
21 Dec 1976
12:00 PM
Declared at 1125 on 20th, terminated 1200 on 21st.
Floods – Waikato
Paeroa flooding
Start
07 Sep 1976
Finish
07 Sep 1976
Paeroa flooding
Floods – Manawatū - Whanganui
Feilding flooding
Start
29 Jun 1976
Finish
29 Jun 1976
Feilding flooding
Floods – Taranaki
Opunake flooding
Start
08 Feb 1976
Finish
08 Feb 1976
Contamination of water supply
Hazardous substance incidents – Canterbury
Timaru Gas Leak
Start
25 Sep 1975
Finish
25 Sep 1975
Leak into sewage system
Severe weather – Wellington
Greytown storm
Start
01 Aug 1975
Finish
01 Aug 1975
Greytown storm
Wildfire – Otago
Lake County fire
Start
25 Sep 1974
7:00 PM
Finish
25 Sep 1974
10:00 PM
7pm till 10pm