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.
Floods – Bay of Plenty
Whakatane flooding
Start
14 Aug 1970
Finish
18 Aug 1970
Several families evacuated
Floods – Bay of Plenty
Whakatane flooding
Start
04 Jun 1970
Finish
07 Jun 1970
Whakatane flooding
Floods – Bay of Plenty
Opotiki flooding and power failure
Start
01 Jul 1968
Finish
01 Jul 1968
Opotiki flooding and power failure
Earthquakes – West Coast
Buller combined earthquake
Start
24 May 1968
Finish
30 May 1968
Buller combined earthquake
Earthquakes – West Coast
Inangahua County earthquake
Start
24 May 1968
Finish
30 May 1968
2 deaths (3 others were killed in a helicopter accident during restoration work). 301 evacuees, EQC claims totalled $25.5m (1994)
Floods – Southland
Cyclone Giselle Gore Mataura flooding
Start
10 Apr 1968
Finish
10 Apr 1968
Cyclone Giselle. 300 evacuated in Gore & Mataura, 700 in Wyndham. Across the country this storm resulted in insurance claims of $140.4m (1994) of which the Wahine was worth $104m