Floods – Wellington
Kapiti Coast District flooding
Start
04 Oct 2003
12:30 AM
Finish
09 Oct 2003
Declared at 0030 hrs for District, although damage was limited to Paekakariki town and Paekakariki Hill Road. Damage caused by major flooding and landslips (mud & rubble) at Paekakariki. Several families evacuated, welfare centre established. Health issues due to sewerage problems. Wellington cut off (road and rail) until afternoon of 04.10.2003. Air crash at Waikanae might have complicated response. Duration of declaration mainly due to clean-up process.
Floods – Waikato
South Waikato District floods
Start
21 Jun 2002
8:00 AM
Finish
23 Jun 2002
5:00 PM
Declared at 0800 hrs for Putararu & Tirau Wards. Terminated at 1700 on 23/07. “Weather Bomb” caused extensive flooding. Main problems nil water supply, no power, resulting in a need to regulate water supply & consumption. Several roads closed, Kinleith branch railway line closed. Considerable damage to private properties, no evacuations.
Floods – Waikato
Thames District flooding
Start
21 Jun 2002
3:03 AM
Finish
24 Jun 2002
5:00 PM
Declared at 0303 hrs for District. Terminated at 1700 on 24/07. “Weather Bomb” caused extensive flooding, power failures, overloading of waste water systems. All flooding between midnight & 1240am. Some areas recorded highest rainfall ever per hour. 200 houses evacuated, 500 evacuees. SH 25 closed. One death- person swept to sea at Waiomu Motor camp. 14500 insurance claims as at 2 August 2002. Estimated at $25 million (highest ever linked to a disaster event in NZ).
Floods – Otago
Clutha District flooding
Start
18 Nov 1999
7:18 PM
Finish
21 Nov 1999
1:00 PM
Declared at 1918hrs. Terminated at 1300, 3 days later. Flooding in Balclutha (110 people evacuated); Kaitangata (30 people)
Landslides – Otago
Queenstown landslip
Start
18 Nov 1999
5:30 PM
Finish
29 Nov 1999
11:59 PM
Threatening landslip. Declared at 1730hrs. Terminated at 2359, 10 days later. 64 houses evacuated.
Floods – Otago
Central Otago District flooding
Start
17 Nov 1999
8:30 AM
Finish
19 Nov 1999
5:00 PM
Declared at 0830 hours. Terminated at 1700, 2 days later. Flooding in Alexandra (200+ businesses & houses); Roxburgh, Miller’s Flat, Ettrick.
Landslides – West Coast
Poerua Landslip
Start
12 Oct 1999
7:50 AM
Finish
12 Oct 1999
1:10 PM
Declared at 0750, lifted at 1310 same day. A slip off the north face of Mt Adams occurred at 0330hrs on 6 October 1999 depositing 10-15 million cu.metres of debris in the Poerua river valley, blocking the river and creating a lake 1.2km long and over 80metres deep. The lake overtopped after 2 days of heavy rain caused the dam to breach at about 0745 on 12 October. 46 people were evacuated as water moved through the valley. Resultant damage was minimal despite aggregation raising the river bed substantially.
Floods – Bay of Plenty
Rotorua District flooding
Start
01 May 1999
11:47 AM
Finish
01 May 1999
4:09 PM
Declared at 1147, lifted at 1609 same day. A small number of self evacuations were carried out.
Wildfire – Otago
Central Otago Rural Fire
Start
28 Feb 1999
6:00 PM
Finish
01 Mar 1999
12:00 PM
Declared at 1800, lifted 1200 next day. Declaration by Mayor for whole district. Purpose: to assist Emergency Services in evacuating properties. 40 properties & in excess of 200 people evacuated; 2 houses destroyed by fire; 1 person died from heart attack - shock of event; many farm buildings, fences & numbers of livestock were destroyed by fire. No actual costs.
Floods – Northland
Far North District floods
Start
22 Jan 1999
8:58 AM
Finish
10 Feb 1999
Declared at 0858; DRC appointed. Impact in Hokianga area: 4 communities severely affected; 270 people evacuated; 80 in emergency accommodation; 96 sections damaged; 75 houses damaged; 3 houses destroyed. Est. cost impact $4.3m.
Floods – Manawatū - Whanganui
Ruapehu District floods
Start
30 Oct 1998
12:30 PM
Finish
04 Nov 1998
9:15 AM
Floods – Manawatū - Whanganui
Wanganui District floods
Start
29 Oct 1998
6:30 AM
Finish
30 Oct 1998
2:00 PM
Declared at 0630; lifted 1400 next day. Declaration to facilitate evacuation of 62 residential properties & 45 commercial premises threatened by possible overtopping of the stopbanks of the Whanganui River. 75 evacuees; 24 in motel accommodation. Stopbanks not breached although some localised inundation occurred.
Floods – Wellington
Kapiti Coast District flooding
Start
28 Oct 1998
8:00 AM
Finish
30 Oct 1998
7:30 AM
Declared at 0800. This time 50-60 houses evacuated, 1 death. Lifted 0730.
Floods – West Coast
Buller District floods
Start
27 Oct 1998
4:30 PM
Finish
28 Oct 1998
1:55 PM
Declared at 1630, lifted 1355 next day. A replay of the previous week, 220 evacuated, 20 houses flooded through (12 at Seddonville, 1 at Mohikinui, 4 at Karamea and 3 at Waimare.
Floods – Wellington
Kapiti Coast District flooding
Start
21 Oct 1998
1:05 AM
Finish
22 Oct 1998
1:00 PM
Declared at 0105, lifted 1300 next day; 13 houses evacuated in Otaihanga area of Waikanae.
Floods – West Coast
Buller District flooding
Start
19 Oct 1998
10:30 PM
Finish
20 Oct 1998
1:40 PM
Declared at 2230, lifted 1340 next day. Karamea: 7 houses inundated; 66 people evacuated. Seddonville: 6 homes & hotel evacuated. Waimare: 3 baches evacuated.
Severe weather – Waikato
Cyclone Fergus
Start
30 Dec 1997
5:11 PM
Finish
31 Dec 1997
3:00 PM
Declared at 1711 for Thames - Coromandel District, Waihi and Paeroa Ward of Hauraki and Te Aroha Ward of Matamata-Piako. Terminated at 0915 for the outer wards and at 1500 for T-C. Cyclone Fergus. About 2000 displaced holiday-makers. About 350 in temporary accommodation. 1 death
Severe weather – Hawke's Bay
Wairoa District Storm
Start
02 Jun 1997
7:00 PM
Finish
03 Jun 1997
9:00 PM
Declared at 1900, terminated at 2100 next day. About 166 people evacuated at Nuhaka after flooding and power failure associated with storm. DRC appointed for 14 days
Other – Canterbury
Oupha Dam failure
Start
06 Feb 1997
2:05 AM
Finish
8:20 AM
Declared at 0205, terminated at 0820. About 200 residents evacuated from Stratheona and Butlers Crossing when 40 metre Opuha Dam overfilled and failed releasing 13 x 106m3 of water. Normal flow of the Opuha 30-40 cumecs, peaked at 1500 cumecs.
Severe weather – Waikato
Cyclone Drena
Start
11 Jan 1997
9:40 AM
Finish
12 Jan 1997
5:00 PM
Declared at 0940, terminated at 1700 next day. Cyclone Drena. About 140 evacuated at Moanatairi. 3 deaths.