All rivers were in high flood. There was severe local flooding in parts of Northland on the 21st.

Some roads were blocked by flood waters on the 22nd and 23rd. Washouts occurred in a number of places. The road between Kaikohe and Rawene was blocked for about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) and was impassable for a few days. A creek diverted its course and ran down where the road used to be, and debris was scattered everywhere.

There were large stock losses.

Telegraphic communication between Kaikohe and Rawene was interrupted on the 22nd due to the floods.

Damage to roads in the Bay of Islands, Hokianga and Whangarei counties totalled £15,935 ($1,637,600 2008 dollars)

Silt still lay inches deep over the flats on the 26th.

The flood at Ahipara was the worst experienced for ten years.

The creek rose rapidly between the school and the beach.

A portion of the road was covered with 5 ft (1.5 m) of water.

The stream changed its course, so that its outlet was much closer to Ahipara.

Slight damage was done to the platform being used in the construction of the new bridge at Awanui.

Diggers Valley Road was submerged on the 22nd.

The Hikurangi Swamp had risen slightly on the 23rd. The flooding was confined to just a few paddocks.

Part of Taheke Road was flooded near Mr Routley's farm.

Creeks were running high, and flood waters rose rapidly on the 22nd.

The river overflowed onto the road near Johnson's corner at 7pm on the 22nd. A brand new culvert at Johnstons Corner on the main south road was undermined and dropped at one end.

The flood reached its height at 8pm and subsided about 3 ft (90 cm) during the night.

Telephone communication with Victoria Valley, Takahue, Fairburn and Kaiaka was cut off due to water getting into the cables.

Some hay stacks were washed away in Larmers Road.

At Kawakawa, the water was rising on the Moerewa flats and around the racecourse on the morning of the 22nd.

The Waiomio road was blocked on the night of the 21st and on the 22nd. The road at Kawakawa became impassable to cars on the 22nd. Water was still over the road on the 25th, although traffic could get through.

There was over 2 ft (60 cm) of water over the road at Kawakawa at 3:30pm on the 22nd. There was still 2 ft (60 cm) of water over the Moerewa flats on the morning of the 23rd, and only heavy lorries could get through.

The Whangarei-Dargaville road was flooded at several places between Kirikopuni and Taylor's Flat.

At one stage the water on the highway was estimated to be 10 ft (3.0 m) high.

The Mangakahia River rose rapidly and was over Blackman's bridge on the 22nd.

The highway was under water at Larmers Road crossing and in the dip by Mr Maria's residence. The highway at Fenton Fraser's Flat resembled a half moon bay on the 23rd and 24th, with water a few feet over the fence posts at the side of the road. The road was open late on the afternoon of the 24th.

The flood in the Mangakahia was not as big as the flood of 1917, but it rose more rapidly.

Within half an hour, a wave of water up to 10 ft (3.0 m) high flooded the flats.

Six people were caught by the flood waters and had to be rescued by boat from trees and a hay shed roof.

One farmer lost 10 or 12 cows and over 100 sheep. Another farmer lost several valuable stud rams and another lost three valuable draught horses worth £40-£50 ($4100-$5100 2008 dollars).

The Maori crops of kumera, potatoes and maize were devastated by the floods.

A house on Mr Blake's flat was invaded by water at about 5pm on the 22nd. The couple were marooned on the pig sty roof until rescued.

Several miles of fences were swept away.

Fenton Fraser's Flat was covered in 8 ft (2.4 m) of water on the morning of the 23rd.

At the Mareretu Post Office there was 2 ft (60 cm) of water over the road on the 22nd.

The road from Matarau to Otakairangi was badly washed away, with the metal completely gone in places.

A lorry full of lambs skidded and capsized below Mr Whimp's property, and the lorry was damaged.

Mataraua Road was flooded 6 miles (9.7 km) from Kaikohe on the 22nd.

The water pipeline at Omanaia was washed away.

There was about 1 ft (30 cm) of water over the railway line at Opahi early on the morning of the 23rd, but traffic was not affected.

A man aged about 38 years old was drowned in the Mangakahia Valley on the evening of the 22nd. He and another man were about 15 chains (300 m) on the Kaikohe side of the Opoukeno Bridge, heading towards Pakotai, when they came upon flood waters 9-15 ft (2.7-4.6 m) deep, which they attempted to swim across. The man's body was found at 5:30am on the 23rd a few yards from where he was last seen.

On Ruddell's flat, a fence lay across the road on the morning of the 23rd and the metal and surrounding paddocks were covered with several inches of silt. Piles of logs covered the fields and the roads.

There was extensive flooding in the Paparoa district on the night of the 22nd.

There was flooding on the Whangarei-Kaikohe road between Parokao and Pakotai. The service car from Whangarei was unable to get past Parakao on the 22nd.

The floods came up very rapidly in the Pipiwai area, but the water receded almost as rapidly.

Two culverts on the main road to Whangarei were undermined, making it difficult for traffic to get through.

There were some losses in kumara plantations at Pipiwai.

Rawene was without fresh water after the pipe line at Omanaia was washed away.

Three families on the Paparoa-Ruarangi road at the Taipuha turn-off were flooded out.

There was 1 ft (30 cm) of water in one house.

In one field the tops of maize plants could just be seen.

The Taipuha road was blocked and impassable with several feet of water.

Water covered the main road to Kaikohe at Tautora to several feet deep on the night of the 22nd.

The water was brushing within a few feet of the Titoki bridge on the morning of the 23d.

The main road near Twin Bridges was flooded.

A lorry plunged through a small wooden bridge on Waimatenui Road just past Twin Bridges, and became stuck in the flooded stream. This lorry and another were considerably damaged, and a new tyre worth £10 ($1000 2008 dollars) was also missing.

Two bridges were down on the Waima flat. The big Waima bridge and a smaller bridge at the foot of the Waima Hill, both on the on the Waima-Kaikohe road, were destroyed. The bridge about 3/4 mile (1.2 km) on the Kaikohe side of Waima was deposited about 40 yards (37 m) down the river.

Torrential rain caused the streams in the hills behind Waima to rise, and the flood burst through suddenly, enveloping the settlement in a raging torrent full of logs and debris.

The school children had to be moved to higher ground after flood waters began to flow through the playground. The Waima Post Office was inundated.

At the house of the Native Consolidation Board officer, logs up to 20 or 30 ft (6-9 m) long piled up against the house, and smashed the verandah and burst through the front door. At another house, water and logs broke all the windows on one side and almost all the furniture was ruined. There was 18 in (46 cm) of silt deposited throughout this house.

There was about 3 ft (90 cm) of water and silt inside one house on the morning of the 24th.

Debris was piled up everywhere in Waima over an area of 3/4 mile^2 (1.9 km^2).

Four telephone posts between Kaikohe and Raene were knocked down by logs floating in the high flood waters. About 20 spans of wires were broken. Communication was restored by 12pm on the 23rd.

At midday on the 22nd, the Taita Stream rose rapidly, followed by the Waimamaku River.

The Waimamaku River rose 12 ft (3.7 m) on the 22nd.

Lowe's bridge, on the main Dargaville-Opononi road, was completely washed away. The large bridge over the Waimamaku River had its two centre spans smashed out. The road was still impassable on the 25th.

Waimamaku was isolated, with the road blocked both north and south.

A number of cheese and cream supplies were unable to reach the factories.

A few houses, as well as the store and garage, were entered by flood waters.

A lot of damage was done to pastures all over the flats and many fences were borken and washed away. Gardens were also ruined.

Cattle, dairy cows and pigs were drowned and washed out to sea.

Crops, particularly kumara, in the maori settlements near the river mouth were destroyed.

Two bridges were down at Waimatenui.

The stream at Whakapara was banking up on the 22nd.

In Whangarei, one bridge was seriously damaged.

At a small bridge, the water course was diverted through the settlement of Whirinaki.

All the kumara crops were destroyed by the flood waters.

There were 5 miles (8 km) of fences down near Whirinaki.

Rivers were in flood.

Flood waters blocked the Taupo side of the Tokaanu Bridge on the 22nd.

Water entered some shops and did damage to goods.

There was severe local flooding in parts of Taranaki on the 21st. Rivers and streams overtopped their banks.

Around the district, railway and traffic bridges were swept away or damaged, cutting off the district. Roads and railways were under water throughout Taranaki. Road traffic and all train services were down or delayed.

No trains were running in North Taranaki on the 22nd. The railway line between New Plymouth and Stratford was washed out in multiple places and rails were left suspended.

Farmland was inundated. Kilometers of fencing was torn down and paddocks were gauged out by raging streams.

There were hundreds of stock losses.

Road communciation between South Taranaki and the south was cut off with the Tangahoe bridge swept away and the alternative route through Ohangai impassable due to flood waters.

At the Waiongona bridge on the main north road, the filling at the New Plymouth approach collapsed. Shortly after the middle pier of the bridge was swept away and the bridge was left impassable.

When the approach collapsed a car was hurled 15 ft (4.6 m) into the flooded stream. The two male occupants were slightly injured, with scratches, bruises and shock.

The bridge over Ararata Road was covered by flood waters.

The bridge over the Tangahoe River on the south road was washed away shortly before 12pm on the 22nd.

Extensive damage was done to parts of Inglewood Borough, but not to the town.

Waiongana-iti Stream washed away the new concrete bridge near Inglewood.

The stream was a raging torrent on the morning of the 23rd, 20 ft (6.1 m) above its normal level.

Properties along the stream were irrepairably damaged. Lawns, shrubs and tall trees were swept away. Some farm fences were swept away.

Tha banks of the stream were scoured away at Mr Sutherlan's property for about 10 ft (3.0 m) above the normal level. Huge pieces of the bank were gouged away at Mr Hanwright's property. There was considerable erosion behind the coattages at the Moa Factory.

The cream lorry service was totally disrupted.

Mr Robert Brown's farm was practically isolated, with the bridge under several feet of water.

The damage in Inglewood was estimated at £10,000 ($1,027,700 2008 dollars)

Kapuni Stream swept away some farm bridges.

The Manawapou River destroyed a bridge and submerged another.

The Water Intake to Lake Mangamahoe rose more than 6.1 m.

A bridge over the Mungumungu (Mangamingi?) Stream in South Taranaki collapsed on the morning of the 22nd.

Rivers and streams quickly became raging torrents.

In downtown New Plymouth, gutters were overladen and storm drains struggled to cope. Unprecedented flooding occurred early on the morning of the 22nd.

Huatoki Stream met the over-laden Mangaotuku Stream and the rising stream tide, causing water to back up. Mangaotuku Stream burst its banks. Both streams were flooded to an unprecedented extent.

Water entered the backs of buildings on lower Devon Street and factories were invaded. Water continued to flow through shops at noon, backed up by the rising tide.

Water was 2 m deep from Egmont Street to Currie Street.

There was 4 ft (1.2 m) of water through the Devon and Brougham Street intersection.

Newton King's building was the worst hit, with the basement 9 ft (2.7 m) under water. Many premises had 2 ft (60 cm) of water over the floor.

On the south side of Devon Street, shop doors and windows burst with the weight of the water. The Royal Hotel was flooded out and the Bank of New Zealand's vault was flooded. Buildings were moved by the force of the flood waters. All the buildings in Devon Street between Egmont and Brougham Streets suffered heavily and many received structural damage.

Sections of footpath rose and split apart. Footpaths in Belt Road buckled.

Merchandise was swept into the streets and heavy damage was done to stocks. Messrs Devine and Co. wine and spirit merchants, had large stocks of tobacco ruined and wine bottle labels spoiled. Some beer barrels were washed out to sea. The bond store of Messrs Hokker Bros., Ltd. had large stocks of perishable goods destroyed.

The basements of the Australian Mutual Provident and State Fire Insurance buildings were filled almost to road level.

Business was at a standstill on the 22nd and 23rd.

Hundreds of properties were damaged along the Mangaotuku Stream. Fences were covered by the water and ripped out and furniture was damaged.

The water rose to 3 ft (90 cm) in houses along the Mangaotuku Stream.

A clay slip occurred in Devon Street West, blocking the road for 20 yards (18 m) and interferring with the telephone wires.

This was one of the most disasterous floods in the history of New Plymouth

There was over £20,000 ($2,055,300 2008 dollars) of damage to stock in the business area of New Plymouth.

Mangaotuku Stream rose 2.4 m.

Henui Stream rose 3.6 m.

The flooding of Te Henui Stream affected the town water supply.

The Waiwhakaiho River rose 20 ft (6.1 m) at the intake works.

The residents of eight houses on the banks of the Mangaotuku Stream had to leave at 4am on the 22nd when water invaded their homes. Residents in Weymouth, Aubrey, Gaine and Mt Edgcombe streets were forced to flee as water invaded their homes.

The Royal Hotel was flooded with 1 m of water.

Schools were closed.

There was erosion damage to the banks of streams and rivers.

Bridges were swept away.

The Waiwakaiho railway bridge was out of alignment. The New Plymouth-Wellington express was unable to leave on the morning of the 22nd due to the track being unsafe 2 miles (3.2 km) from the station.

Damage was done to the showgrounds and pavilions by the Waiwakaiho River.

In one depression the water banked up to over 30 ft (9.1 m) deep for a time.

The power station in Normanby Road was flooded.

Flood waters several feet deep covered the bridge on the Ohangai Road.

Kaihihi Stream swamped the Okato domain and the Swimming pool scoured nearby fields.

1.3 m of water flowed through the Omata dairy factory.

Patea was isolated by flooding on roads and the Tangohoe bridge being swept away. The Patea bridge was weakened.

The Patea River was 5 ft (1.5 m) above normal at Stratford.

Throughout the whole area roads were blocked.

The Tangahoe River rose an estimated 50 ft (15.2 m) in 3 hours.

The Tariki railway bridge was out of alignment.

Timaru Stream flowed through the Patua Dairy factory.

The Waipuku railway bridge was destroyed and the Waipuku line was covered by an extensive washout.

The main highway between Stratford and Inglewood was washed out at Waipuku. Only a thin crust of the road was left.

The flood at Waitara was the highest ever known.

The Maori settlement at Karaka Flat, beside the Waitara River, was stranded.

Most of the Karaka Flat was lost in the flood.

One farm of 87 acres had 70 acres covered by water 6-8 ft (1.8-2.4 m) deep, most of which was rendered useless. 3 acres of land was completely carried away by the river, 12 acres was left deeply covered in stone, shingle and sand, and the rest was covered in silt up to 3 ft (90 cm) deep. Over 1 mile (1.6 km) of fencing was destroyed.

Two women were rescued by boat from the top of a lorry cab, surrounded by a torrent of water 1/2 mile (800 m) wide and 8 ft (2.4 m) deep.

The Whenuakura River rose 9.1 m.

Low-lying areas were flooded by the Whenuakura River.

An estimated 100 people were unable to return home during the flooding.

Traffic on the Parapara road was held up at the 21-mile (34-km) peg, where the river ran over the road 6 ft (1.8 m) deep on the 22nd.

The Whanganui River was 50 ft (15 m) above normal at Pipiriki on the morning of the 22nd.

The Whanganui River was running very high on the morning of the 22nd. It was subsiding on the 23rd.

At its highest point the Whanganui River was several feet lower than the record flood of 1904.

A number of boats were swept away.

Thousands of logs came down the river.

Considerable flooding and damage occurred on the West Coast.

The Ahaura combined road and rail bridge was damaged.

The Ahaura Valley was devastated, with nearly every fence in the valley down and half the paddocks covered with shingle and boulders.

Steets were covered with mud and debris. The Ahaura Valley road looked more like a stream bed after flood.

Numerous cattle and pigs were swept away in the Arahura Valley.

At Lankeys Creek, the road was blocked by storm water.

The Grey River and Sawyers Creek were both swollen.

Greymouth streets were flooded due to the water tables being unable to cope with the rainfall.

The flood on the 20th was the greatest flood Hokitikia had ever known.

The lower portion of town was flooded to depths of 3-4 ft (90 cm-1.2 m)

Many houses and building premises were invaded, causing considerable loss to owners.

A number of bridges in the area were damaged. Hokitika was almost isolated.

The Hokitika River was in record flood. The waters receded during the night of the 21st.

The Hokitika River overflowed its banks along Gibson Quay and Tancred, Fitzherbert, Sewell, Hamilton, Bealey and Weld Streets. The streets were impassable except by boat.

The whole low-lying portion of town adjacent ot the river and the sea front was inundated. Many business places and numerous residences in the southern portion of town were entered by flood waters.

The post office had nearly 1 ft (30 cm) of water on the floor on the afternoon of the 20th.

Some business premises had water over 3 ft (90 cm) deep inside.

Business was at a standstill on the 20th.

Damage was done to stock and furnishings.

Hokitika was cut of by rail from both north and south before 8am on the 20th. There were washouts on the railway line between Hokitika and Arahura.

Every stream was flooded to the banks or higher.

Several reels of paper were destroyed at the Hokitika Guardian office after the machine room was flooded with 1 ft (30 cm) of water.

The Inangahua River was 5 ft (1.5 m) above normal at the town bridge.

The Greymouth-Hokitika train was held up between Kaihinu and Hou Hou.

Most of the 60 ft (18 m) southern span of the Kaniere Bridge was swept away and out to sea. Another span was also washed out.

The loss of the bridge caused a menace to shipping.

The Kaniere electric power station was out of commission.

The flood carried away Striblings Creek bridge on the Kanieri Lake.

There was an extensive washout on the Buller Road on the Murchison side of Lyell, leaving the road impassable.

The Greymouth-Hokitika road was impassable at Stratford, where the creek had broken its banks.

The bridge at Stafford was washed out.