Severe weather – West Coast
West Coast Severe Weather
Start
09 Nov 2024
10:01 AM
Finish
11 Nov 2024
4:28 PM
The State of Local Emergency for South Westland Ward was terminated at 11.23am, 10 November, 2024.
Floods – Otago
Dunedin Severe Weather
Start
04 Oct 2024
12:38 AM
Finish
06 Oct 2024
5:00 PM
Heavy rainfall impacted the Otago region, particularly Dunedin and the Clutha District. A State of local emergency was declared for Dunedin City at 11:55pm on 3 October 2024 due to significant impacts caused by heavy rainfall. A State of local emergency was declared for Clutha District at 1:05pm on 4 October 2024 due to significant flooding impacts. Both states of emergency were terminated on 6 October 2024.
Coastal hazards – Hawke's Bay
Heretaunga Ward - Hastings District, Coastal inundation
Start
26 Jun 2024
5:08 AM
Finish
03 Jul 2024
6:37 AM
State of Local Emergency declared at 6:36am on 26 June 2024 for Wairoa due to coastal inundation. State of emergency expired at 6:37am on 3 July 2024 at which time the district moved to a local transition period.
Wildfire – Canterbury
Port Hills Fire
Start
14 Feb 2024
6:57 PM
Finish
08 Mar 2024
2:16 PM
A State of Local Emergency was declared for Christchurch City and Selwyn District at 6:13pm on 14 February 2024 due to the impacts of a large fire in the Port Hills. The state of emergency was terminated at 1pm on 21 February 2024 when notice of a local transition period was given.
Coastal hazards – Southland
Waiau Aparima Ward (Southland) Coastal Erosion
Start
08 Feb 2024
1:18 PM
Finish
08 Mar 2024
2:18 PM
A State of Local Emergency was declared for the Waiau Aparima Ward, Southland due to coastal erosion at Bluecliffs. The declaration was made as a precautionary measure to ensure Emergency Management Southland was able to respond to the concerns around the threat to life and property from erosion and the landfill at Bluecliffs.
Severe weather – West Coast
West Coast Severe Weather
Start
19 Jan 2024
4:38 PM
Finish
20 Jan 2024
11:20 AM
Westland District SOLE lifted. No transition to recovery
Floods – Southland
Southland flooding
Start
23 Sep 2023
2:04 PM
Finish
25 Sep 2023
10:00 AM
Heavy rainfall caused significant surface flooding in the Gore district. A state of local emergency was declared on 21 September 2023.
Floods – Otago
Queenstown flooding
Start
22 Sep 2023
6:33 AM
Finish
25 Sep 2023
10:02 AM
Heavy rainfall caused flooding in Queenstown. A state of local emergency was declared on 22 September 2023.
Earthquakes – National
Earthquake being assessed
Start
08 Sep 2023
9:32 PM
Finish
25 Sep 2023
10:08 AM
A National Advisory: Earthquake Being Assessed message was issued at 9:32pm on 8 September 2023 following a magnitude 6.6 earthquake in the Kermadec Islands region. Following assessment a National Advisory: No Tsunami Threat to New Zealand was issued at 9:44pm.
– National
Large Pacific Earthquake Being Assessed
Start
20 May 2023
2:06 PM
Finish
07 Jun 2023
3:38 PM
A National Advisory: Large Pacific Earthquake Being Assessed message was issued at 2:06pm on 20 May 2023 following a magnitude 7.1 (initially reported as m7.4) Loyalty Islands earthquake at 1:51pm on the same day. Following the assessment a National Advsory: No Tsunami Threat message was issued at 2:41pm on 20 May 2023.