Severe weather – Hawke's Bay
Wairoa District Storm
Start
02 Jun 1997
7:00 PM
Finish
03 Jun 1997
9:00 PM
Declared at 1900, terminated at 2100 next day. About 166 people evacuated at Nuhaka after flooding and power failure associated with storm. DRC appointed for 14 days
Other – Canterbury
Oupha Dam failure
Start
06 Feb 1997
2:05 AM
Finish
8:20 AM
Declared at 0205, terminated at 0820. About 200 residents evacuated from Stratheona and Butlers Crossing when 40 metre Opuha Dam overfilled and failed releasing 13 x 106m3 of water. Normal flow of the Opuha 30-40 cumecs, peaked at 1500 cumecs.
Severe weather – Waikato
Cyclone Drena
Start
11 Jan 1997
9:40 AM
Finish
12 Jan 1997
5:00 PM
Declared at 0940, terminated at 1700 next day. Cyclone Drena. About 140 evacuated at Moanatairi. 3 deaths.
Floods – Canterbury
Hakataramea floods
Start
14 Dec 1995
9:15 PM
Finish
18 Dec 1995
8:02 AM
Declared at 2115 for Hakataramea. 7 houses evacuated (17 people). River peaked at 3300 cumecs (mean flow at Waitaki Dam is 350). Terminated at 0802 on 18th.
Floods – Otago
Waitaki flooding
Start
14 Dec 1995
12:01 AM
Finish
14 Dec 1995
8:00 AM
Declared at 0001 for Omarama, lifted at 0800. 35 evacuated.
Floods – Waikato
Thames Valley flooding
Start
14 Jul 1995
9:15 PM
Finish
15 Jul 1995
3:30 PM
Declared at 2115 for Thames Ward, Plains Ward. Terminated at 1530. There were 30 people evacuated. About 200 insurance claims. Damage put at $4 million. (A combination of rain and high tide).
Floods – West Coast
Buller flooding
Start
21 Nov 1994
9:15 PM
Finish
22 Nov 1994
1:20 PM
Declared at 2115, lifted at 1320. One house evacuated at Mohikinui and 2 at Seddonville (5 people)
Floods – Manawatū - Whanganui
Wanganui flooding
Start
08 Nov 1994
6:00 PM
Finish
09 Nov 1994
12:00 PM
Declared at 1800, lifted at 1200. 157 evacuated from 82 households.
Floods – Canterbury
Timaru, Waimate, MacKenzie flooding
Start
19 Mar 1994
9:30 AM
Finish
21 Mar 1994
5:45 PM
Three declarations, Waimate 1022-0900. Timaru 0930-1227, Mackenzie 1357-1745. About 240 evacuees across the 3 districts. Losses estimated at $5.5 million including about $3 million damage to state highways
Floods – Otago
Alexandra flooding
Start
10 Jan 1994
9:00 AM
Finish
12 Jan 1994
9:30 AM
Declared at 0900, terminated at 0930 on 12th. 4 families evacuated, 3000 campers encouraged to leave. This rain event caused loss of 2000 sheep and some $9.7 million in state highway damage. DOC property sustained over $1 million in damage