Waikato River had a peak discharge of 906 cumecs at Huntly Pumping Station on the 3rd of July from a catchment area of 12,062 km^2. The gauge height was 39.045 m.

Waikato River had a peak discharge of 865 cumecs at Mercer on the 4th of July from a catchment area of 13,701 km^2. The gauge height was 34.016 m.

Waikato River had a peak discharge of 815 cumecs at Ngaruawahia on the 3rd of July from a catchment area of 11,396 km^2. The gauge height was 40.904 m.

Piako River had a peak discharge of 104 cumecs at Whakahoro Road on the 30th of June from a catchment area of 528 km^2. The gauge height was 5.517 m.

Waipa River had a peak discharge of 335 cumecs at Pirongia Cableway on the 1st of July from a catchment area of 2152 km^2. The gauge height was 21.915 m.

Pokaiwhenua River had a peak discharge of 12.8 cumecs at Puketurua on the 1st of July from a catchment area of 448 km^2. The gauge height was 1.085 m.

Waikato River had a peak gauge height of 36.82 m at Rangiriri on the 3rd of July.

Waitoa River had a peak discharge of 47.3 cumecs at Whakahoro Road on the 2nd of July from a catchment area of 433 km^2. The gauge height was 5.822 m.

Tarawera River had a peak discharge of 47.7 cumecs at Awakaponga on the 30th of June from a catchment area of 663 km^2. The gauge height was 0.860 m.

Whirinaki River had a peak discharge of 134 cumecs at Galatea on the 29th of June from a catchment area of 534 km^2. The gauge height was 1.387 m.

Rangitaiki River had a peak discharge of 36.9 cumecs at Murupara on the 30th of June from a catchment area of 1184 km^2. The gauge height was 1.204 m.

A Civil Defence emergency was declared in Opotiki on the 1st of July.

There was a 36 hour power failure which was caused when poles carrying the Electricity Departments sole high tension service to the Opotiki area were carried away by flooding in the Whakatane River 36 miles away from the borough. The Civil Defence emergency was declared as a formality necessary to make any part of the civil defence scheme operative, and was not to be made public. Although it was made public in radio broadcasts causing some alarm among residents. The only threat of having no power was if the sewage system overflowed.

Four schools in the borough were closed due to the power failure.

Rangitaiki River had a peak discharge of 207 cumecs at Te Teko on the 1st of July from a catchment area of 2893 km^2. The gauge height was 3.505 m.

Waimana River had a peak discharge of 265 cumecs at Waimana Gorge on the 30th of June from a catchment area of 440 km^2. The gauge height was 3.103 m.

Wairere River had a peak discharge of 2.55 cumecs at Wainui Road on the 29th of June from a catchment area of 2.59 km^2. The gauge height was 1.192 m.

Whakatane River had a peak discharge of 527 cumecs at Whakatane on the 30th of June from a catchment area of 1557 km^2. The gauge height was 4.697 m.

Motu River had a peak discharge of 170 cumecs at Waitangirua on the 30th of June from a catchment area of 293 km^2. The gauge height was 3.264 m.