Severe weather – Taranaki
Cyclone Bola North Taranaki
Start
08 Mar 1988
Finish
10 Mar 1988
Cyclone Bola
Floods – Hawke's Bay
Cyclone Bola Wairoa
Start
08 Mar 1988
Finish
17 Mar 1988
Cyclone Bola. 330 people evacuated. Wairoa insurance losses (excluding EQC) were $3.79m (1991)
Floods – Tairawhiti
Cyclone Bola East Cape Region
Start
07 Mar 1988
9:00 PM
Finish
25 Mar 1988
Cyclone Bola (made at 2100 hrs). Re-extended: applied to Poverty Bay, Waikohu County and Waiapu County. DRC appointed on 09.03.88 for 28 days. Reappointed on 01.04 and 01.05 (28 days each time). 3000 people were evacuated at Gisborne and 400 at Te Karaka. 3 deaths. The East Cape and Poverty Bay insurance losses were $3.53m and Gisborne losses $4.58m (both 1991 and excluding EQC)
Floods – Tairawhiti
Cyclone Bola Poverty Bay
Start
07 Mar 1988
4:27 PM
Finish
07 Mar 1988
9:00 PM
Cyclone Bola (from 1627 to 2100 hrs)
Other – Hawke's Bay
Fire services strikes
Start
24 Mar 1987
9:00 AM
Finish
08 Apr 1987
10:00 AM
Napier Hastings/Havelock. Fire services strikes (Declarations were from 0900 hrs to 1000 hrs each day from 24.03 to 08.04. In each centre 4 separate declarations were involved)
Wildfire – Waikato
Thames Valley bush fire
Start
19 Mar 1987
4:00 AM
Finish
19 Mar 1987
A bush fire above Thames in the night required evacuation of some 130 people for several hours. (Declared 0400)
Floods – Southland
Southland Region flooding
Start
13 Mar 1987
Finish
16 Mar 1987
For all regions except Bluff Borough & Gore/Mataura (where emergency ended 0930 hrs on 13th). Final termination at 1330 on 16th
Floods – Southland
Southland Region flooding
Start
11 Mar 1987
6:30 PM
Finish
13 Mar 1987
For whole region excluding Bluff Borough (i.e. including Invercargill). Declared at 1830 hrs
Floods – Otago
Vincent Combined flooding
Start
11 Mar 1987
Finish
12 Mar 1987
Declaration for: Vincent County & Cromwell and Alexandra Boroughs
Floods – Southland
Southland Region flooding
Start
10 Mar 1987
5:55 PM
Finish
11 Mar 1987
Declared at 1755 hours for all region except Invercargill City and Bluff Borough. 700 evacuated at Otautau and some at Gore and Mataura