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January 2002 North Island and Upper South Island Thunderstorms: Thunderstorms brought lightning, heavy rain and flooding to many parts of the North Island and upper South Island. Wellington and Hawke's Bay were the worst affected regions, with extreme rainfalls causing flooding of properties and streets. A person in Auckland was treated for an eye injury caused by a sewage overflow.

January 2002 New Zealand Storm: South Island was hit by lightning, heavy rain, hail and flooding for five days. Two trampers in the Southern Alps were drowned. Levin was hit by a tornado.

October 2000 New Zealand Storm: Many parts of New Zealand experienced heavy rain, flooding and high winds. Property was damaged and roads were closed. Two fishermen were drowned in Auckland, and two men were washed into the flooded Whanganui River, one being injured and one missing. A person was also injured in a traffic accident in Wellington.

March 2000 New Zealand Storm: Wellington, Canterbury and Otago experienced gale force winds, heavy rain and flooding.

November 1999 South Island Flooding: Days of heavy rain led to heavy flooding in Southland, Otago, Canterbury and the West Coast. Civil defence emergencies were declared in parts of Otago.

January 1997 New Zealand Ex-tropical Cyclone Drena: Ex-tropical Cyclone Drena brought high winds and high seas to the upper North Island, which caused damage to property. A CDE was in place for Thames-Coromandel. There were also high seas in Taranaki and Tasman-Nelson, and there was flooding in Canterbury, Otago and Southland. In Auckland, a man was killed by fallen powerlines and there were weather-related road fatalities. Three people were killed at Thames.

December 1995 South Island Flooding: Heavy rain and snow melt brought flooding to the West Coast, Canterbury and Otago, damaging roads and causing evacuations. The flood in Alexandra was its biggest flood in history. A Civil Defence Emergency was delcared for Hakataramea in Canterbury.

March 1994 Canterbury and Otago Flooding: Heavy rain resulted in flooding in Otago and south Canterbury.

January 1994 South Island Ex-tropical Cyclone Rewa: High rainfall and flooding occurred in parts of the West Coast, Otago and Southland. The West Coast had record rainfalls.

January 1994 South Island Flooding: Heavy rain and flooding occurred in parts of the West Coast, Canterbury, Otago and Southland. Civil Defence Emergencies were declared for Mount Cook, Alexandra and Te Anau. Roads were damaged, and thousands of stock were drowned in Otago.

November 1992 Otago Hail Storm: Roxburgh area was hit by rain and a hail storm causing damage to fruit crops of up to $3M.

February 1991 Otago Flooding: Persistant heavy rain caused flooding and Civil Defence Declarations at Pounawea, Newhave and Tahakopa.

August 1986 Canterbury and Otago Flooding: Heavy rain caused flooding of many small coastal streams in South Canterbury and North Otago. There were Civil Defence Declarations for the Aorangi Region and Rangiora.

January 1984 Southland Flooding: Severe flooding in Invercargill and the surrounding districts lead to thousands of evacuations and between $50 and $55 million worth of damage.

June 1980 Otago Flooding: Heavy flooding in Taieri Plain resulted in 1400 people evacuated.

December 1979 South Island Storm: A Civil Defence Emergency was declared in Mackenzie Country including Mt Cook after a storm hit the South Island on the 2nd of December.

October 1978 Southland and Otago Flooding: Heavy rain brought severe flooding to Southland and large floods in parts of Otago. People were evacuated and thousands of stock were drowned. There were also high winds in Canterbury and thudnerstorms around Queenstown.

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