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