Water was 6 in (15 cm) deep on the Runciman-Mercer section of the Great South Road.

Hilly areas east of the Great South Road in the Manukau and Franklin County were severely affected by flooding. Howick, Papakura and the eastern suburbs of Auckland were the hardest hit by the storm.

Rivers and streams on the east coast flooded heavily.

Most bridges and culverts in the area were damaged to some extent.

In South Auckland, homes and several stores were flooded.

Damage to stores was expected to run into several thousand pounds.

Flood waters 6 ft (1.8 m) deep blocked roads in South Auckland.

The total cost of the deluge was estimated to approach £1,000,000 ($34,047,000 2010 dollars). But the bill could get even higher as the full tale of stock losses and road, rail and property damage is revealed.

The Post Office estimated that the final cost of replacing 2000 feet of complex co-axial cable, and all the other work engineers were being called upon to do could be between £15,000 and £20,000 ($510,700-$680,900 2010 dollars).

Flood waters inundated the sewage pumping station at Ardmore, putting all machinery out of action.

The pumping station had water to a depth of 4 ft (1.2 m).

There was an extensive washout near the bottom of the Bombay Hills at Muir's filling.

Parts of Howick were several feet under water.

The main road to Bucklands Beach was closed due to 3-foot (90-cm) deep water.

Five houses on the foreshore were flooded.

The flood was considered the worst thing to happen to Howick in 100 years.

There were slips, road washouts, overflowing stormwater channels and silt accumulation.

The Papakura-Hunua main highway was washed out and the road made impassable.

On Hunua Gorge Road, retaining walls needed to be built. Restoration of the road was estimated at $160,000 ($5,350,000 2008 dollars) and and additional work was expected to cost $150,000 ($5,010,000 2008 dollars) .

Damage was widespread in the eastern areas of Manukau City.

400 sheep drowned at Mangatangi.

Flood waters gouged out the twin railway tracks between Papakura and Drury in a flash flood. About one mile (1.6 km) of tracks were made impassible. The south bound train was stopped about a mile south of Papakura when about 20 wagons were derailed. One wagon of the north bound train left the rails. The crew were not hurt.

The suburb of Redhill was almost completely cut off by flood waters.

Water supplies to Papakura were cut off after three pipelines in the Hunua George was washed away.

Many telephones in Papakura were cut off.

The flood waters of Hayes Stream caused extensive damage and filled the dam with shingle.

The Papakura-Hunua main highway was washed out to a depth of three feet (0.91 m) near Mullins Road.

Flooding of the main trunk line topped 10 feet (3.05 m) in places.

It was estimated that it would cost at least £5000 ($170,200 2010 dollars) to repair the water supply at Papakura. Some areas were still without water on the 3rd of March.

Slippery Creek, usually a small creek, turned into a raging torrent.

The motorway at the south abutment of the Slippery Creek bridge suffered serious erosion.

The Whitford bridge on the way to Maraetai was reported to have been seriously undermined by the heavy waters.

Generally, flooding of low-lying land was much less than in August 1965.

The floods experienced on the Tairua, Wharekawa and Wentworth Rivers were all large.

In some places the flood had a 10 year return period.

All valley flats were inundated and covered to a great extent with silt, logs and other debris.

From Morrinsville northwards to Waitakaruru, the run-off from the hill streams together with the quantity of logs, debris and silt transported was phenomenal and probably unprecedented.

Few bridges were seriously damaged and most communications were quickly restored after the storm.

State highway 2 was closed between Pokeno and Tauragna, near Kopuku, and between Pokeno and Paeroa by a bridge approach washout.

State Highway 25 was closed between Waihi and Whitianga by floodwater damage at Hikuai.

State Highway 26 was closed between Paeroa and Te Aroha.

The flooding over the Hauraki Plains was the result of the worst storm ever since the settlement has been in existence. The areas hardest hit were the valleys on both sides of the Hapuakohe Range, between Lake Waikare and the Hauraki Plains.

Death came when floodwaters prevented a doctor from reaching a sick man at Coroglen.

It was one of the biggest floods Hikuai had seen in the last ten years.

There was 3 inches (7.6 cm) of silt over the whole of the flats at Hikuai.

A number of fences had been flattened.

There was considerable losses of sheep.

The floodwater had remained in the area for a long time, and roads had been covered.

There had been a considerable quantity of hay that had been lost.

Elderly people were evacuated to high ground in boats when floods swept through Kaiaua.

Neck deep floods swamped a camp.

Roads on either side of Kaiaua were cut and a bridge near Pokeno was thought to have been swept away.

Several stores were flooded and damage was expected to run into several thousand pounds.

Only 6 ewe lambs from a flock of 500 survived the deluge.

The Ohinemuri River at Karangahake reached a gauge height of 20.3 ft (6.19 m) on the 1st.

The Ohinemuri River at Karangahake had a peak discharge of 23,200 cusecs (657 cumecs) on the 1st, with a catchment area of 111 sq miles (287 km^2).

The Ohinemuri River at Karangahake Gorge rose to 17 ft (5.18 m) above normal, a level higher than any previously recorded by the Catchment Board.

The Kauaeranga River at Smith's reached a gauge height of 16.4 ft (5.00 m) on the 1st, compared with 19.3 ft (5.88 m) recorded in 1963.

The Kauaeranga River at Smith's had a peak discharge of 22,080 cusecs (625 cumecs) on the 1st, with a catchment area of 47 sq miles (122 km^2).

Some flooding occurred in the Bond's Road area and at Alexander's Canal.

There was a complete washout for 30 ft (9.1 m) at the western approach to the Mangatangi Bridge on State Highway 2.

One farm in the area had about 480 sheep drown and more than 700 dead sheep were seen in the six mile of farmland between Kaiaua and Mangatangi.

Between Waihi and Paeroa the Ohinemuri River rose nearly 18 feet (5.5 m).

Several houses were flooded and occupants had to leave.

Damage to property in the Waikino Gorge was particulary heavy.

The Waihou River at Okauia Springs, below the confluence of the Waimakariri and Oraka Stream tributaries, rose to a gauge height of 17.8 ft (5.43 m). Its normal level was 5.5 ft (1.68 m).

The Piako River at Whakahoro Road reached a gauge height of 19.5 ft (5.94 m) on the 2nd.

The Piako River at Whakahoro Road had a peak discharge of 6,300 cusecs (178 cumecs) on the 2nd, with a catchment area of 204 sq miles (528 km^2).

The Pouarua Canal overflowed its right bank in some places.

Little Waipa Stream at Puketurua reached a gauge height of 5.85 ft (1.78 m) on the 1st.

Little Waipa Stream at Puketurua had a peak discharge of 423 cusecs (12.0 cumecs) on the 1st, with a catchment area of 36.3 sq miles (94 km62). This was the annual flood for 1966.

Heavy rainfall in the Shaftesbury basin, between Okauia and Te Aroha, and caused a rapid rise in the Waihou River at Te Aroha and Shaftesbury.

Heavy rainfall in the Shaftesbury basin, between Okauia and Te Aroha, and caused a rapid rise in the Waihou River at Te Aroha and Shaftesbury.

Thames recorded 5.49 in (13.94 cm) of rain in 24 hours ending at 9am on the 1st. It was the highest daily total on record since records have been kept.

The Thames Valley area was flooded, following thunderstorms and exceptionally heavy rain during the night of the 28th.

The main damage was to bridges and fences, and some farmers had difficulty getting milk to tankers.

Kauaeranga River over-ran its banks and flooded the ground on the western side.

Many residents in some of the lower lying parts of Thames woke up to find their gardens under water on the 1st of March.

State Highway 2 was impassable at Waitakaruru and Maramarua.

The flooding and the resultant damage was more extensive in the Thames Valley area than on the Coromandel Peninsula.

Floodwaters caused trouble to the rail bridge at Puriri, no freight train was allowed through.

The storm caused a great increase in channel or gully erosion in many parts of the hill streams in the Hauraki and Thames area.

It was the worst flood to hit the township in most peoples memory.

Damage was estimated to run into thousands of pounds.

The depth of water which raged through shops and dwellings ranged from 2 ft 6 in to 7 ft 2 in (0.76-2.18 m) from floor level in the seven or eight premises affected.

The swiftness of the flood caught everyone by surprise.

Owharoa Falls were descrided as being like Huka Falls on the 1st of March.

The Waitakaruru School was closed throughout the 1st.

Most of the flooding was due to the overflow of the Waitakaruru Stream and the Maukoro Canal.

Farm damage was mainly to fences, gates and bridges. Damage to bridges and culverts throughout the area was extensive. About a dozen farms were still under silt and water on the 3rd.

About 2000 sheep, a few pigs and 30 or 40 head of cattle was lost in the flood.

Sheep of an estimated value of £1000 ($34,000 2010 dollars) were lost to the floods by a Waitawheta farmer.

There were dead stock near where the Paeroa Borough has its water supply intake from the river near Waitawheta. Floodwater had also passed right through the filter house. The dead stock were removed by the 3rd.

The pipes bringing water from a reservior were washed away leaving Whitianga without water. The water supply was restored on the night of the 1st.

All but one of the launches moored at Tanner's Point dragged their moorings out into the harbour as a result of the floods, which turned the Tuapiro River into a raging torrent.

Mrs Sarah Smith, aged 85, said flooding in Katakati was the worst in her memory.

One house was swept from its foundations.

In a panel beaters premises cars and trucks were submerged.

The Kaituna River at Te Akau reached a gauge height of 4.02 ft (1.23 m) on the 1st.

The Kaituna at Te Akau had a peak discharge of 4,900 cusecs (139 cumecs) on the 1st, with a catchment area of 262 sq miles (679 km^2). This was the annual flood for 1966.

There was little damage at Waihi Beach.

Low lying sections were flooded and some houses were surrounded with water and residents had to wade to and from their homes. Only a few houses were affected.

It left a trail of damage to roads and bridges estimated at thousands of pounds.

There was torrential rain in the headwaters of the Patea River and smaller streams boosted river levels to 30 ft (9.1 m) above normal.

There was a 50 year flood in the Manawapou catchment on the 2nd.

The Manawapou River rose 9 m.

Three small road bridges were submerged and one was completely swept away isolating up to 50 families in the Whakamara district.

The railway line between Wanganui and New Plymouth was cut.

The telephone service was washed out in some areas.

The railway viaduct was swept away.

The railway viaduct would cost $440-500 ($14,700-$16,700 2008 dollars) to repair.

Access to the dairying community of Whakamara was regained on 3rd.

Stock losses were heavy in some areas.