Hazardous substance incidents – Manawatū - Whanganui
Marton Borough LPG Leakage
Start
28 Sep 1980
Finish
28 Sep 1980
Marton Borough LPG Leakage. 1500 people evacuated.
Severe weather – Wellington
Featherston Borough storm
Start
16 Jun 1980
Finish
28 Sep 1980
Featherston Borough storm
Floods – Taranaki
New Plymouth City flooding
Start
11 Jun 1980
Finish
11 Jun 1980
10 houses evacuated. The Otago and New Plymouth event(s) resulted in insurance claims of $24.54m (1991)
Floods – Otago
Silverpeaks County flooding
Start
05 Jun 1980
Finish
03 Jul 1980
Declaration for Taieri Plain, 1400 people evacuated. Cost estimated at $86m (1991) Agricultural assistance $1.72m (1991)
Floods – Otago
Clutha County flooding
Start
05 Jun 1980
Finish
06 Jun 1980
Clutha County flooding
Floods – Otago
Tuapeka County flooding
Start
05 Jun 1980
Finish
06 Jun 1980
Included Kelso & Tapanui. 50 people evacuated at Kelso
Landslides – Otago
Dunedin City landslips
Start
04 Jun 1980
Finish
05 Jun 1980
Dunedin City landslips
Floods – Wellington
Featherston County flooding
Start
10 Apr 1980
Finish
11 Apr 1980
Featherston County flooding. Not gazetted. 10 families evacuated.
Severe weather – Chatham Islands
Chatham Island storm
Start
17 Mar 1980
Finish
18 Mar 1980
Chatham Island storm. 18 people evacuated.
Floods – Southland
Southland County flooding
Start
17 Jan 1980
Finish
21 Jan 1980
Southland County flooding