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.