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
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)
Floods – Southland
Cyclone Giselle Gore Mataura flooding
Start
10 Apr 1968
Finish
10 Apr 1968
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
Severe weather – Wellington
Cyclone Giselle Upper Hutt
Start
10 Apr 1968
Finish
10 Apr 1968
Storm damage (Cyclone Giselle - the Wahine Storm)
Severe weather – Manawatū - Whanganui
Woodville County tornado
Start
24 Nov 1967
Finish
24 Nov 1967
Woodville County tornado